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By Ismaila Chafe President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya has begun lobbying fellow African leaders to back Kenya’s Ambassador Amina Mohamed’s quest to succeed South Africa’s Read more
Geneva — African countries are boosting intra-regional trade and deepening economic integration at a time when politicians in the global North are raising doubts about Read more
Maputo — Unidentified gunmen have assassinated Jeremias Pondeca, a former member of parliament from the rebel movement Renamo, and a member of the Joint Commission 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
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
A human rights group says it has found evidence of huge war profiteering by some of South Sudan’s top political leaders, including the heads of Read more
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya’s president on Saturday launched a new political party that he intends to use for a second and last term in office in Read more
LUSAKA (Reuters) – Zambia’s incumbent President Edgar Lungu will be sworn into office for a new five-year term on Tuesday next week, a government official Read more
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has accused court judges of being reckless in allowing anti-government demonstrations that later turned violent, state media reported Read more
HARARE/JOHANNESBURG — The grievances of the opposition protesters who marched in Zimbabwe’s capital Friday can be summed up in one word: In the Shona language, zvakwana, Read more
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean police on Friday fired tear gas at opposition leaders and hundreds of demonstrators as a protest against President Read more
LUANDA (Reuters) – Angola’s ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) on Friday confirmed the election of Jose Eduardo dos Santos for another Read more
By Denis Dumo and Michelle Nichols JUBA/NEW YORK (Reuters) – South Sudan’s opposition leader, Riek Machar, is in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo, the Read more
KHARTOUM (Reuters) – Talks to secure a lasting ceasefire in Sudan’s three warring regions under a road map for peace have collapsed less than a Read more
USAKA (Reuters) – Zambian police have arrested 133 people protesting against the re-election of President Edgar Lungu after his main opponent Hakainde Hichilema said the Read more
The head of Zambia’s electoral commission has been responding to reports of violence in the run up to Thursday’s presidential and parliamentary elections. We posted earlier Read more
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) failed to take control of President Jacob Zuma’s hometown of Nkandla, local election results showed Read more
By MacDonald Dzirutwe HARARE (Reuters) – Anti-riot police used batons to break up a peaceful march in Zimbabwe’s capital on Wednesday, the latest public protest Read more
[Channels Television] Nigeria and South Africa are stepping cooperation in the area of defence, as part of measures to tackle the security challenges in both countries Read more
[BBC] Morocco has sent a special envoy to lobby African leaders to rejoin the African Union 32 years after it left in a row over Read more
[BBC] The streets of Zimbabwe’s main cities are deserted during a nationwide stay away to protest at the lack of jobs and unpaid wages. The Read more
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Police killed two people in the western Kenyan town of Kisumu on Monday during protests calling for the disbandment of the Read more
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