This latest bout of shuttle diplomacy follows a fractious meeting convened by Lourenço on 16 February in Addis Ababa ahead of the African Union summit which brought together Tshisekedi Rwanda's Paul Kagame Kenya's William Ruto and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa...

Fresh tensions have blown up within the ruling party after Deputy President Paul Mashatile appeared to pre-empt President Cyril Ramaphosa on the timing of the elections...

President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to announce the election date during the opening of parliament on 8 February...

And then on to South Africa for a slightly less fulsome welcome from President Cyril Ramaphosa...

President Cyril Ramaphosa said the ICJ ruling was a vindication of South Africa's unprecedented action in taking Israel to the World Court...

We hear that President Cyril Ramaphosa wants to bring forward the national and provincial elections to capitalise on the popularity of the country's case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (AC Vol 65 No 2 Genocide case tests the UN system)...

'I have never felt as proud as I felt today when our legal team was arguing the Palestinian case in the Hague ' President Cyril Ramaphosa told the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) on the day of the hearing...

The fate of President Cyril Ramaphosa depends on how far the ANC vote falls; if below 45% there will be a concerted push for a new leader...

President Cyril Ramaphosa's pre-election headaches intensified with the news that Jacob Zuma the convicted former President is promising to vote for a new political party named after the ANC's military wing in exile uMkhonto weSizwe (Spear of the Nation)...