Burkina Faso soldiers (File) PHOTO: Issouf Sanogo/AFP Three coup-led Sahel countries have sworn to aid one another in case of attack. Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso created the Alliance of…
The Bongo family lived in wealth while much of Gabon remained in squalor. Gabon is fabulously wealthy, thanks to oil and manganese. But roads are too poor to use, planes…
Emmerson Mnangagwa in 2017. (Getty) Kudakwashe Mnangagwa is 35, and in Zimbabwe’s legislature thanks to a youth quota. He is now also the deputy minister of finance. His father Emmerson…
A government official claims 2 000 people died in the Libyan city of Derna due to Storm Daniel. The Red Crescent puts the figure closer to 250. Some residents woke…
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is, as of this weekend, full. The dam has direct implications on the flow of the Nile River, which is also shared by Sudan and…
The death toll from the powerful earthquake that struck Morocco has risen to 820. The number of injured now stood at 679, including 205 in serious condition. A local official…
Russia says all agreements are ready, in principle, for it to start shipping grain to African countries. Vladimir Putin has promised some African countries, including Zimbabwe, large free shipments of…
A banner featuring Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa ahead of his inauguration in Harare on 4 September. Zinyange Auntony/AFP The ANC’s Fikile Mbalula has shown support for Zanu-PF and has had…
Eswatini turned 55 on Wednesday. Taiwan was a prominent attendee at the celebrations. Eswatini’s government says the country’s development is worthy of celebration but civil society activists don’t quite agree.…
