In a country where election violence is commonplace, West African Togo held Presidential elections on March 4, 2010, amid fears that they might trigger violence, similar to that of the 2005...
Niger's ruling military junta has sacked the West African country's eight regional governors - all political supporters of the previous regime - and replaced them with soldiers.
In today's podcast, President Zuma submits a list declaring his interests to the secretary of Cabinet; Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu says that China has shown strong interest in...
Rwandan Foreign Minister Louise Mushikiwabo said on Wednesday that the thawing of her country's relations with France may have paved the way for last week's arrest of a leading Rwandan genocide...
In today's podcast, Minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk is nominated for the UN's top climate change job; IMF MD Dominique Strauss-Kahn says that Africa needs to rebuild its crisis defences; and,...
Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday that he would be happy for the widow of his predecessor Juvenal Habyarimana to be tried in France on charges relating to the country's 1994 genocide, if...
French Minister of Foreign Trade Anne-Marie Idrac will be visiting South Africa this week to strengthen economic ties and relations between the two countries.
Niger's military rulers released five of six former ministers detained in last month's coup, but will keep them under watch pending a wide-ranging corruption probe, sources close to the junta said...