Confusion mounts over Zimbabwe's parliamentary elections. Last month Justice Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, 53, announced their postponement from March to June so that the poll could be held under...

A ruling party with a huge majority may not really need to crush its political opponents. Yet President Thabo Mbeki is squeezing as hard as he can the...

The South African police investigation into Zimbabwean entrepreneur Billy Rautenbach risks escalating into a diplomatic clash between Pretoria and Harare. Rautenbach is a close associate of Zimbabwe's Justice...

The loss of six zeros from the kwanza reajustado this month will sharply reduce the number of millionaires in Angola.

President Frederick Chiluba has had a surprisingly good six months. He brokered a seemingly impossible peace deal for the Democratic Republic of Congo, signed in July and now...

Four unknown gunmen at the gate of his house fired four shots and then disappeared. After a few hours in intensive care at the government hospital, he was...

Zimbabwe's war in the Congo gets costlier by the day. As the bill rises, the failure of President Robert Mugabe's government to budget accurately for its intervention has...

President Festus Mogae has gained the clear mandate he sought to govern in his own right. The ruling Botswana Democratic Party won its eighth successive victory at the...

As luck would have it, investment incentives and job creation measures by Botswana's new government could be paid for out of extra revenues from the recent recovery in...

After months of struggle, Angolan government forces have finally driven the rebels out of their headquarters in the Central Highland town of Bailundo, threatening a central symbol of...