Political sentiment in South Africa is among the most febrile on the continent – if that is any comfort to President Cyril Ramaphosa. After the G20 Leaders’ Summit...

It felt like a case of ‘after the Lord Mayor’s show’ when Angola’s President João Lourenço hosted the European Union-African Union summit in Luanda, as AU chair. No...

The Integrated Resource Plan pushed through cabinet by Minister for Energy and Electricity Kgosientsho Ramokgopa last month is ambitious in scope and financing – envisaging a 2.23 trillion...

Over US$50 billion of gas investments are riding on the outcome of a financial fight between President Daniel Chapo’s government and France’s TotalEnergies Chief Executive Patrick Pouyanné. The...

South Africa is caught in a classic debt trap, with the economy growing more slowly than the interest the government pays on its rapidly expanding debt. In recent...

Hours before opposition leaders were set to launch their campaign on 28 October against President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s plan for a third term, arsonists gutted the SAPES Trust...

It was the military’s backing for the Gen Z protests against President Andry Rajoelina that forced him to flee aboard a French military jet on 12 October. At...

Colonel Michael Randrianirina’s rapid rise from a senior military officer to the presidency of Madagascar owes much to luck and Gen Z. Randrianirina would not be president without...

Zimbabwe’s parliament is mulling a plan to modernise one of Africa’s most mineral-rich economies – but the long-delayed Mines and Minerals Bill may consolidate rather than challenge the...

The annual conference of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front’s (ZANU-PF), which veers between sycophantic theatre and high-stakes factional drama, is set to host a fiery confrontation when...