Fikile Mbalula has built a close network of allies and confidants who help keep his political engine running, even as he ...

When Donald Trump announced that no one from his administration would attend the first G20 summit to be held on African soil, ...

Nigeria’s Dangote Group revives long-stalled plans in Zimbabwe with a pipeline from Namibia and new plants, testing Harare’s ...

Attacks by Al-Shabaab and the Houthis in the Red Sea, war in Sudan, Ethiopia’s ambitions … amid a turbulent neighbourhood, Egypt is taking steps to restore the region’s strategic balance and spur ...

Tanzania’s questionable election has not only shaken its domestic politics but raised serious concerns about where the ...

After four years of hostility, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has warmed to his Zimbabwe counterpart, President ...

After spending the day on his farm, 47-year-old Yahaya (last name withheld) was preparing to wash before eating the meal his ...

Johannesburg has had a brief respite from its decline as potholes are filled, street lights and traffic lights are repaired, ...

A year after the formation of South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU), led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, business leaders from across key sectors of the economy say the coalition has ...

As the Gulf of Guinea reshapes its security alliances, Ghana is emerging as a steady regional anchor – balancing Western ...

As negotiations between Dakar and the IMF stall – and tensions rise at the apex of the state – Senegal’s euro- and dollar-denominated bonds are tumbling, illustrating investors’ growing mistrust of ...

Two years after the end of the Tigray war, tensions between Ethiopia and Eritrea are once again bubbling to the surface – ...