In 2002, the draft of government legislation on a mining charter was leaked to reveal that 51 per cent of the mining industry was earmarked for ...

Hopes that the installation in late April of President Domitien Ndayizeye, a Hutu, would hasten an end to the fighting have not been realised. Instead, the conflict has...

Defying the ever extending setbacks to Africa's peace and security agenda, South African President Thabo Mbeki has again shown his impatience with fellow African leaders over their sluggish...

South Africa's relations with the United States reached a low point over the invasion of Iraq, with both President Thabo Mbeki and his predecessor Nelson Mandela sharply criticising...

With its emphasis on new concepts of African collective responsibility and its promise of strong moral and financial support from Western countries, the New Partnership for African Development...

United States President George W. Bush's quick tour of Southern Africa may have strengthened fellow President Robert Mugabe and it has certainly weakened Zimbabwe's opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai...

Botswana's democratic reputation rests on its constitution, whereby the president is chosen by the governing Botswana Democratic Party and duly voted into office by the elected parliament. Thanks...

Churches, the governing United Democratic Front, the United States' Save the Children Fund and the Muslim Association of Malawi were early casualties of Malawi's 'war on terrorism'. Muslim...

Just in time for President George W. Bush's visit to Gaberone on 10 July, a row has blow up over allegations that five suspected supporters of Al Qaida...

President Levy Mwanawasa's government agreed a budget for 2003 with the International Monetary Fund and overspent it by 612 billion kwacha; the IMF's man in Lusaka, Mark Ellyne,...