The pace of the political transition in Botswana matches the urgency of the new government’s agenda: to stabilise an economy in free fall with youth unemployment hitting 38%....

The most significant constraint on President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s plan to extend his rule is the military. Senior officers know that just as they launched him into power...

Mozambique’s economy is grinding to a halt amid nationwide protests, following its disputed election on 9 October. Many in the ruling Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Frelimo) party...

The call by Lúcia da Luz Ribeiro, President of the Constitutional Council, for the Comissão Nacional de Eleições (CNE) to produce the results sheets (editais) from every polling...

A politician and part-time pastor, Podemos leader Venâncio Mondlane has dragged Mozambique to the brink of ending nearly 50 years of single-party rule by Frelimo.

The Commonwealth Secretariat is working to support Zimbabwe’s application to be readmitted to the mainly Anglophone, ex-British colonial group of nations, Africa Confidential has learned. The outgoing Secretary-General,...

Against a backdrop of rising youth unemployment and tumbling diamond revenues, Botswana’s elections on 30 October are set to be among its most closely fought since independence in...

Rwanda’s military, invited by President Filipe Nyusi to push back insurgents and guard the gas export plant in Cabo Delgado, is expanding its security operations and business interests...

Opposition presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane is calling for a two-day national strike to bring the economy to a standstill as protests escalate in the wake of the disputed...

Mass scepticism greeted Reserve Bank Governor John Mushayavanhu’s assertion on 11 October that last month’s 43% devaluation of the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) currency was a 'once-off' event and...