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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African President Jacob Zuma is concerned about “unwarranted public attacks” on him by the former anti-corruption watchdog Thuli Madonsela, his office Read more
By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South Africa’s Jacob Zuma faces a no-confidence vote in parliament next week with his presidency mired in crisis, Read more
ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST — Ivory Coast voters have approved a new constitution, the electoral commission announced Tuesday. However, the opposition — which had called for a Read more
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, following months of often-violent protests which led the government to declare a state of emergency. Read more
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alh Atiku Abubakar, has called on leaders and various economic groups in the African continent to work towards diversifying their Read more
HARARE (Reuters) – A Zimbabwean cabinet minister on Tuesday accused Robert Mugabe’s deputy of using state institutions to try to arrest him and further his Read more
LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S., British and Italian foreign ministers began talks with Libyan Prime Minister Fayez Seraj on Monday to tackle a political standoff Read more
By Patrick Markey and Tarek Amara REDAYEF, Tunisia (Reuters) – For years, trains ferried millions of dollars in phosphate past Nouredine Ezzidine’s Tunisian town, where Read more
ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Voters in Ivory Coast cast their ballots on Sunday in a referendum to decide whether to approve a new constitution that President Read more
The presidential candidate of Ghana’s opposition Progressive People’s Party (PPP) says a court decision Friday that orders the Electoral Commission to put him on the Read more
By Ed Stoddard JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s main opposition party has filed papers with the Constitutional Court to challenge the government’s decision to pull Read more
The chief whip of South Africa’s governing political party has called on its entire leadership – including President Jacob Zuma – to step down. Jackson Read more
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United Nations confirmed on Friday receipt of South Africa’s withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, which will take effect one Read more
WASHINGTON — Ghanaian police officials plan to meet with leaders of the Muslim community this week as part of an effort to ensure peaceful presidential, Read more
Zimbabwe is in flux. There are regular protests, especially in the capital, over currency and food shortages, unemployment, and alleged government corruption and mismanagement. Observers Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling party said on Friday it supported the release of findings of an anti-corruption investigation into claims of political interference Read more
ABUJA—The Federal Government said yesterday it did not immediately comply with the judgement of an ECOWAS Court to release former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Read more
The AngloGold Ashanti chairman Sipho Pityana reiterated his call for Jacob Zuma to step down during his speech at the Joburg Mining Indaba on Wednesday. Read more
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon’s prime minister on Sunday named a new government in the wake of disputed elections, but it contained no representatives of opposition Read more
By Joe Bavier ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Zaire’s President Mobutu Sese Seko shed a tear as he delivered a speech in April 1990 promising his people Read more
By Karin Strohecker LONDON (Reuters) – Governance across Africa has improved very little over the past decade as deteriorating safety and rule of law have Read more
A former Ghanaian first lady and opposition National Democratic Party (NDP) presidential candidate has chosen Michael Kojo Mensah Sosu as her running mate ahead of Read more
By Edward McAllister LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – Gabon President Ali Bongo was sworn in for a second term on Tuesday and called for unity at a Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – President Jacob Zuma has received the latest call for his resignation from his own brother, according to a media report, as the Read more
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s government hit back at the leader of its neighbour Botswana on Friday, accusing him of breaking a taboo by calling for Read more
By Ed Cropley GABORONE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe should step aside without delay and allow new leadership of a country whose political Read more
A dozen political parties in Liberia are joining forces to take on the ruling Liberty Party in the 2017 presidential election, Senator Prince Johnson told Read more
At least 20 people have been killed in fighting between rival rebel groups in the Central African Republic, the UN mission in the country says. Read more
LIBREVILLE (Reuters) – The African Union says it plans to send observers to help Gabon’s Constitutional Court with a legal complaint lodged by opposition leader Read more
By Wendell Roelf and Mfuneko Toyana CAPE TOWN/JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African leader Jacob Zuma attempted on Tuesday to brush aside market fears of a Read more
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