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Troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has the best chance in years to secure a lasting peace but the United Nations stands ready to pacify the region by force if need be, United...
Rebels in eastern Congo announced a ceasefire on Thursday in fighting with government troops hours before a visit to the conflict-plagued zone by United Nations (UN) Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...
ANC integrity committee member Frene Ginwala says fighting corruption in the African National Congress will be a "battle. This comes after the integrity committee was established and had its...
The long awaited Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the region was signed on 24 February 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. After almost three...
In our briefing today, we will focus on (1) the general elections in the Republic of Kenya, (2) the situation concerning Saharawi prisoners in Morocco, (3) the SADC Council of Ministers which is...
At the onset of 2013, the occurrence of presidential and parliamentary elections was widespread across the African continent. Indeed, Afrobarometer research suggests that Africans now use the...
Augustin Matata Ponyo Mapon, Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, states: “National economic performance, the orthodox management of public finances and the concerted efforts of...
Resolutions taken by the African National Congress at its December Mangaung conference on key policies on the number of provinces, education, and health, have been posted on the party's website....
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda on Friday backed a proposal from United Nations (UN) peacekeepers to deploy unmanned surveillance drones along DRC's eastern border, where rebels have...
The capture of Goma by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia in November sent shock waves throughout the Congo and the Great Lakes Region of Africa. Due in large part to external pressure, the militia...
Business Unity South Africa (or Busa) says that the average yearly tariff increase of 16% being sought by power utility Eskom under the third multiyear price determination period (or MYPD3), which...
The High Court in Pretoria heard on Tuesday that the public outcry against the tolling of Gauteng's highways was related to the tariffs and not the actual tolls.
On Tuesday 20 November, the strategic town of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) fell into the hands of the M23 rebels. Some observers pointed out that the M23 movement had...
the aggression from both Uganda and Rwanda and the failure of the DRC government to protect its population and its territory. In addition to the 8 million of Congolese dead, serious crime against...
Papers filed in the Polokwane Magistrate's Court state that axed African National Congress Youth League leader Julius Malema benefited from corrupt activities amounting to R4-million.
The papers...