South Africa is the first African country to be specifically targeted by the new United States President, Donald J Trump. On 3 February, Trump announced the halt of...

President Yoweri Museveni has defied a Supreme Court judgement ordering the release of opposition leader Kizza Besigye and mandating that Besigye can only be tried in a civilian...

Kenya’s President William Ruto has telephoned Presidents Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame to invite then to an emergency summit in Nairobi on 29 January as M23 militia fighters,...

Within hours of entering the White House, President Donald Trump issued an executive order for a three-month freeze on all foreign aid. This move seemed certain to result...

President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to sign a controversial Expropriation Bill into law is likely to be the first major test to his governing coalition. Signed on 23 January,...

President William Ruto has pinned his government’s economic hopes on new loans and trade with the United Arab Emirates, as he seeks alternatives to Chinese financing.

Lower US interest rates will mean cheaper borrowing for African states, ratings agency Moody’s believes. The ratings agency has revised its outlook on sub-Saharan Africa’s sovereign credit to...

The deaths of seven galamsey miners in a shoot-out with army officers have deepened the crisis over Ghana’s illegal mining.

Six people were reported killed and a further 15 injured by gunfire in clashes on 13 January, in the first of three days of planned protests called by...

Canadian mining company Barrick Gold has pulled the plug on operations at its Loulo-Gounkoto complex in Mali after the Malian government seized an estimated 3 metric tonnes of...