Just three months after an eruption of violence that left some of its biggest cities in chaos, South Africa is gearing up for an election that is shaping up as the most divisive in its postapartheid ...
“The old world is dying, and the new world struggles to be born,” wrote Italian Marxist Antonio Gramsci in 1929. “Now is the time of monsters.” Gramsci’s remark is being liberally quoted by South ...
Dublin, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The "Africa Confidential - Fortnightly African Political, Economic and Security Development Subscription" newsletter has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's ...
MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn't want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that ...
The African National Congress and its largest rival, the pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together in South Africa’s new government of national unity, a step change after 30 ...
Military interventions in Africa are no longer the exception; they are fast becoming a pattern. In many countries the arrival of juntas is greeted with hope for reform. But soon enough, the bright ...
Zohran Nkrumah Mamdani’s victory is a message to Africa’s youth — that leadership does not wait for permission; it is claimed through courage, discipline, and compassion, says the writer.
SOUTH Africa’s high unemployment is not merely a problem of economics, which means economic solutions produced in isolation are ill-suited to address it. The issue lies in the fact that unemployment ...
The #FixPolitics initiative has announced that the Africa Conference 2025 will take place on October 2–3 at the Shehu Musa Yar’Adua Centre in Abuja, with virtual access via Zoom and a live broadcast ...
NAIROBI, Kenya: Raila Odinga, a former prime minister of Kenya and perennial presidential candidate whose populist campaigns rattled authorities and gave him an outsized influence on political life in ...
In April, the US imposed sweeping tariffs on all African nations as part of a wider effort to rebalance its economy. Though the measures were later scaled back, their early impact was painful. Lesotho ...