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The death of Guinea Bissau President Malam Bacai Sanha will be a stress test for the coup-prone West African state, which has made modest gains in stability in recent months after decades of turmoil.
Soldiers in Burkina Faso fired their weapons near the presidential palace late on Thursday, a military source told Reuters, following a series of protests by the army since last month.
A panel of five African presidents discussed the worsening crisis in Cote d'Ivoire on Wednesday, after failing to persuade the country's sitting president Laurent Gbagbo to cede power to his rival...
South African president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday said South Africa remained a neutral mediator in Ivory Coast's political deadlock, SABC radio news reported.
In today's podcast, Cosatu secretary-general Zwelinzima Vavi says that the trade union remains committed to the ANC-led tripartite alliance; the Unctad reports that poverty is on the rise despite...
In today's podcast, SA President Jacob Zuma is to meet Zimbabwean leaders in this week for further mediation; Congolese warlord Jean-Pierre Bemba goes on trial at the ICC this week; and, Sudan's...
Guineans are voting in the second round of presidential elections on 19 September, more than two months after the first round held on 27th June. About two weeks before the election day, negative...