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One of the most revealing moments of Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan’s state visit to South Africa this week was when Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote – reputed to be the richest person...
Libya's political crisis deepened on Wednesday as armed groups surrounding two ministries in the capital said they had formed an alliance to present an expanded list of six demands that included...
Chad's President Idriss Deby, a survivor of countless rebellions, has stepped into a void left by Africa's traditional heavyweights and turned his desert nation into a powerbroker as France...
The Southern African Power Pool (or SAPP) plans to commission about 18 000 MW of additional power generation capacity by 2016. %, SAPP Zimbabwe coordinator centre manager Lawrence Musaba indicated...
Standard & Poor’s MD Konrad Reuss says S&P’s March 2013 decision to sustain a negative outlook on South Africa’s ratings was based substantially on “non-delivery” across a broad range of...
The Opposition to Urban Tolling Alliance (or Outa) says that the details of the electronic toll collection contract should not be kept confidential.
Outa chairperson Wayne Duvenage said that this...
Labour Minister Mildred Oliphant said on Wednesday that South Africa's law provided a space for protected peaceful strikes, which should obviate the need for illegal strikes accompanied by...
The legacies that African civil wars leave for future generations may hold various positive connotations in terms of liberation or ethnic group struggles; however, the realities that the civil wars...
Mali has until recently been regarded as one of the most politically stable countries in West Africa. However, since the fall of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last year and the coup...
Head of astronomy at the National Research Foundation Nithaya Chetty says African countries need more scientists for research on the Square Kilometre Array (or SKA) telescope to succeed.
Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe says government has started the first of many engagements with the private sector to assess the solutions offered as an alternative to the e-tolling system on the...
This Human Rights Watch examines in detail eight NATO air strikes in Libya that resulted in 72 civilian deaths, including 20 women and 24 children. It is based on one or more field investigations...
... We are standing in an incredibly privileged position today, where we can witness Africa’s epic comeback. We are all aware of Africa’s history. Many of us have even been closely intertwined...
The year 2011 saw Libyan ‘revolutionaries’ call for democracy and human rights. However, the gruesome footage of the capture and subsequent death of Muammar Gaddafi indicates that the...