Yoweri Museveni: Desperately clinging to power
Africa’s longest-serving leader digs his heels in
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How João Lourenço is cleaning up Angola
Angola’s new president is ridding state institutions of cronies linked to the Dos Santos family
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Edgar Lungu: a marked man
An impeachment motion against Edgar Lungu may be unlikely to succeed, but it aids opposition efforts to undermine his legitimacy as president
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A herculean task awaits Botswana’s new leader
Botswana’s new president takes over at a tricky time: the country’s economic growth is expected to slow in the long term, on the back of falling ...
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Why Nigeria is moving away from oil
Efforts to shift Nigeria’s economy away from its dependence on black gold may yield the growth that the country desperately needs
Africa rising (again)
The real estate investment case for the African continent may no longer be as compelling, but there are pockets of opportunity
New mining code to rock DRC
Joseph Kabila’s government risks antagonising the mining industry with a new mining law
New Dawn satellite: a shady tax scheme
Serious questions have been raised around New Dawn satellite's shady tax structuring
A note of caution on African economies
Africa may be big and some of its countries growing rapidly, but sustaining that growth will be difficult in the absence of structural reform and investment in ...
Frelimo and Renamo truce: will it stick?
New constitutional changes could bring real stability to Mozambique for the first time, but the risk of a two-party state weighs heavily on outsiders
Where to now for the MDC?
Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC’s mantra used to be ‘Mugabe must go’. But the slogan has lost its relevance, and the alliance has not been ...
A reforming Angola beckons MTN
Demands on MTN’s cash are finally easing up. This gives Rob Shuter’s new team an opportunity to revive the company’s African expansion drive, ...
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ANGOLA: Making a clean sweep
For the new president’s economic and finance reforms to succeed, and for the country’s economy to grow, Angola needs to attract more foreign direct investment
ZAMBIA: Bacteria on the march
The Zambian president has deployed the defence force to clean up the streets of Lusaka in a bid to combat the latest cholera outbreak, while SA battles to ...
Will the DRC reopen its virgin forest to commercial logging?
The DRC is considering reopening its virgin forest to commercial logging. But some NGOs, scientists and activists say government is not seeing the wood for the ...
Deadline for the DRC
The conflict-ridden country has one year to resolve its political impasse. Elections in December 2018 could be the turning point
New hope in Angola
President Lourenço speaks of financial reforms and discussions with the IMF as he begins to dismantle the Dos Santos family’s enormously lucrative grip on the ...
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Emmerson Mnangagwa: the next president of Zimbabwe?
As the military seizes control of the country, you wouldn’t dream that Zimbabwe’s dispossessed white farmers, the war veterans who displaced them and Robert ...
Is Zambia headed for a constitutional crisis?
Based on President Edgar Lungu’s threats, Zambia could be headed for a constitutional crisis if the courts stick to the letter of the law on what constitutes ...
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