
The aftershocks of Hachalu Hundessa’s murder underline the challenges facing Ethiopia’s transition to democracy.

African countries need to make a concerted effort to establish a continental two-term policy.

The time is long past that Pretoria's admonitions of bad behaviour by Zimbabwe's leaders are backed by a credible threat of sanction and punishment.

Mandela left at the right time in 1999, when the country still seemed in a healthy state, after which he consolidated his international reputation.

The people are frustrated with a reform agenda that is unfolding at snail's pace.