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Election officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are counting ballots from Sunday’s presidential election after a day in which numerous problems hampered voting across the vast Central African nation. People are hoping the often-delayed election...

Democratic Republic of Congo goes to the polls this week in elections which could see the country emerge from 17 years of conflict-ridden rule under controversial President Joseph Kabila. Twenty-one candidates are running to replace Kabila,...

Former president Kgalema Motlanthe – who headed the post election violence probe in Zimbabwe – has reportedly offered to mediate between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Nelson Chamisa in attempts to...

The continent is mostly at peace — and is reaping the economic, political and social benefits. There’s a general feeling of optimism about Africa these days. And the good news, which runs deeper than rapidly improving health and...

Russia’s Gazprom Neft has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Sudan to explore four oil blocks, South Sudan’s petroleum minister said on Tuesday. The oil arm of Russian gas giant Gazprom was awaiting more information...

Zimbabwean former president Robert Mugabe trusted his then deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa and ex-defence force chief Constantino Chiwenga more than those who “warned” him that the two were plotting a coup against him, his former aide has...

The United States Assistant Secretary of State for Africa is currently on a tour of Africa. He was on Thursday in Nigeria where he met a wide range of political actors. Nagy in his remarks at...

The 13 Cabinet Secretaries whose names were missing from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s recent partial list of a new team are engaged in an intense behind-the-scenes fight for survival ahead of the unveiling of the full Cabinet...

Robert Mugabe’s ex-spokesperson has revealed how the former president was told in November that he could face the same fate as the late Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi if he refused to step down. George Charamba said...

VARIOUS African governments, including Namibia, and continental organisations have criticised US president Donald Trump for referring to African states as “shithole countries” in a meeting with US lawmakers at the White House last Thursday. Trump drew...