Malawi has fired 68 civil servants for embezzling $2 million in public funds, an official said Thursday, as the country tries to crack down on corruption that has seen donors withdraw support.
Police in Zambia freed an opposition leader on Thursday after holding him in detention for a week on accusations of defaming President Edgar Lungu, an offence that carries a maximum five-year prison term.
Some members of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) are reported to have threatened to fish out ANC MPs who voted in favour of a motion to get President Jacob Zuma out of office.
The DA on Wednesday announced that it intends to table a motion to dissolve Parliament on Thursday. This will be a first for a democratic South Africa, and if it succeeds, it will necessitate an early national election.
Zimbabwe's cash-strapped government plans to build a $1 billion university named after 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe, the higher education minister said on Wednesday, a move that was quickly cricitised by the opposition as a waste of resources.
Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi and the nation's opposition chief Afonso Dhlakama met on Sunday for the first time since 2015, a step toward peace after years of instability.
