Reuben Loffman | August 13, 2018 | The Conversation Anti-Joseph Kabila protesters left five people dead and scores injured in Kinshasa. Robert Carrubba/EPA-EFE The ruling party in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), The Peoples’ Party for Recon …
Eritrea and Ethiopia have made peace. How it happened and what next
Martin Plaut | July 10, 2018 | The Conversation This week Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed visited neighbouring Eritrea, to be greeted by President Isaias Afwerki. The vast crowds that thronged the normally quiet streets of Eritrea’s capital, Asmar …
Ethiopia prime minister calls for multiparty democracy: chief of staff
Reuters Staff | July 22, 2018 | Reuters Ethiopia’s Prime minister Abiy Ahmed ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia’s Prime minister Abiy Ahmed says the Horn of Africa nation must adopt multiparty democracy supported by strong institutions that respect human …
Gulf Giants Talking With S. African Airways, City Press Says
Felix Njini | den 22 juli 2018 | Bloomberg Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg Two United Arab Emirates airlines have held talks with South African Airways about a partnership that it says is needed to revive its business, City Press reported …
With Mugabe Out Of Power, This Zimbabwean Newspaper Editor Looks Ahead
Ari Shapiro | July 18, 2018 | NPR DumisaniMuleya, editor-in-chief of The Zimbabwe Independent. Claire Harbage/NPR
Kagame could be the next Mandela ― if he steps down
Chude Jideonwo | 17 Jul 2018 | Mail & Guardian For a generation of leaders, Paul Kagame is a paradox. Here is a man who fulfills the promise of visionary, progressive leadership — on every count from improving gender parity in government to free an …
‘Zambia will become another Zimbabwe,’ warns opposition leader
Simon Allison | 26 Apr 2018 | Mail & Guardian Political ploy: Rival Hakainde Hichilema was jailed on the pretext of having endangered President Edward Lungu’s life. (Madelene Cronjé) The last time I spoke to Hakainde Hichilema, he was trapped in a …
Zimbabwe backtracks on its promise to clear the way for diaspora to vote
Tom Wilson, Amogelang Mbatha and Brian Latham | 24 April 2018 | Business Day Illustration of a flag of Republic of Zimbabwe over some puzzle pieces. Zimbabwe does not have enough time before its general election in July to make the constitutional chang …
Israel courts East Africa states to resolve its migrant crisis
ALLAN OLINGO | Saturday April 28 2018 | The East African Israel’s Justice Minister AyeletShaked (L), when she met Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto in Nairobi. Ms Shaked is among many high ranking Israeli officials to have visited the region in the …
Why Democracy Doesn’t Deliver
Dambisa Moyo | April 26, 2018 | Foreign Policy Endless elections, unqualified leaders, uninformed voters, and short-term thinking are impeding economic growth. Voting booth against stormy sky. Only 19 percent of Americans today say they can trust thei …
Africa’s most ambitious joint venture kicks off with $3.4tr trade deal
BERNA NAMATA | Saturday March 24 2018 | The East African Rwandan President Paul Kagame (centre), Moussa Faki Mahamat (left) and Niger’s President Mahamadou Issoufou at the African Continental Free Trade Area signing ceremony at the Kigali Convention C …
How to Solve the Global Water Crisis
Scott Moore | March 20, 2018 | Foreign Affairs The Real Challenges Are Not Technical, but Political Sand blows across a normally submerged area at Theewaterskloof dam near Cape Town, South Africa, January 2018. Mike Hutchings / REUTERS Few people would …
The Biggest Danger of North Korea Talks
Thomas Wright | 09 March 2018 | The Atlantic Kim Jong Un is offering a deal at a price that could be way too high—and that the president could easily accept. People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Tru …
AU chief overlooks Trump’s insult
Agency Staff | 08 March 2018 | Business Day The AU head tells Rex Tillerson that a letter from Donald Trump reaffirming his commitment to Africa ‘put the incident in the past’ U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, flanked by his chief of staff Marga …
A Trade War on the Poor
Amrita Narlikar | March 5, 2018 | Foreign Affairs How a Collapse of the WTO Would Hurt the Worst Off A crane lifts steel wires at a factory of the Dongbei Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. in Dalian, Liaoning province, China November 27, 2017. Last week, P …
Zimbabwe: The mystery of the missing MDC-T constitution
Joe Devanny | 23 Feb 2018 | Mail & Guardian Charged with keeeping their respective parties together, political leaders often face the temptation to keep decisions and party processes in the dark, hidden from public view, as a way to suppress the ap …
Egypt culture ministry to hold cultural events with Thailand, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia
Reham El-Adawi | Friday 23 Feb 2018 | Ahram The culture ministry’s Centre for Foreign Cultural Relations aims at reinforcing cultural relations between Egypt and three countries: Thailand, Kazakhstan, Ethiopia Zerihun Megersa, the cultural attaché at t …
Areruya crowned Africa’s best Under-23 cyclist
Richard Bishumba | February 19, 2018 | The New Times Joseph Areruya (C), Didier Munyaneza (R) and Henock Mulueberhan display their medals after winning during the African Road Race Championship in Kigali yesterday. Samuel Ngenadahimana. Elite men’s roa …
Ethiopia releases hundreds of prisoners including blogger and opposition figure
Agency Staff | 08 February 2018 | Business Day HailemariamDesalegn. Picture: REUTERS Addis Ababa — Ethiopia’s attorney-general ordered the release of hundreds of prisoners on Thursday, state media reported, including journalist and blogger Eskinder Neg …
Eritrea Names Strong Squad For African Road Championships
Bonnie Mugabe KtPress | Feb 07, 2018 | madote.com Eritrean Metkel Eyob seen hugging Rwandan Ndayisenga Valens in a previous Tour du Rwanda edition. Eyob is spearheading Eritrea’s quest for Africa Cycling Championship honours. Favourites Eritrea has ass …
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