The African continent is going through a political renaissance unlike any we have seen in some time. Zimbabwe recently had a coup, which was not really...
The seemingly impossible has happened, the African National Congress (ANC)’s National Executive Committee (NEC) has confirmed that it has recalled President #JacobZuma, signalling the beginning of...
Kenya’s unpredictable political state of 2017 has spilled over into the new year. The ever-hopeful rival Raila Odinga took a presidential oath of his own in...
South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa was narrowly elected head of the ruling ANC party Monday, winning a bruising race that exposed deep rifts within the...
Thousands of delegates from South Africa's ruling ANC party cast secret ballots throughout the night Monday to choose their next leader after repeated delays to a ballot...
Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, is expected to use a conference of the ruling ZANU-PF party on Friday to consolidate his grip on power after Robert...
A sellout is someone who betrays his own principles and his followers for personal venality. Where is the evidence that South Africa's Mandela betrayed himself and...
The definition of democracy on the continent has been restricted to holding elections. Many African leaders forget that protests and online dissent is very much part...
Our liberation icons remain important – warts and all. They do not need to fade from our continental consciousness of liberation struggle history, nor from the...
Britain on Wednesday expressed cautious optimism after the military took control of Zimbabwe, but warned against any transition "from one unelected tyrant to the next".
