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AU Commission chair given boost in South Africa leadership race

The chances of South African President Jacob Zuma's ex-wife, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, becoming the next leader of the African National Congress were given a boost...

Germany is sued in U.S. over early-1900s Namibia slaughter

Germany was sued for damages in the United States on Thursday by descendants of the Herero and Nama people of Namibia, for what they...

Women’s ‘day off for periods’ sparks debate in Zambia

Mutinta Musokotwane-Chikopela, a mother says there are already too many holidays in Zambia. Photo Credit: BBC Discussing female menstruation publicly is something of a taboo...

Zambia’s Edgar Lungu orders military to fight army worms

Zambia's President Edgar Lungu has called in the air force to help contain an invasion of army worms in maize fields, his spokesman has...

7-day truce agreed between Mozambique’s opposition and ruling parties

 Afonso Dhlakama of the Mozambican Resistance Movement (RENAMO) speaking to the media after voting in Maputo in 2014. Photo Credit: Reuters The people of Mozambique...

Grace Mugabe settles Military Debt to China With 35 Elephants

Zimbabwean First Lady Grace Mugabe has reportedly been embroiled in yet another controversy after it emerged that she allegedly used the country's animals to...

One South African Soldier killed, two injured in Congo gun-battle

A South African soldier on a United Nations mission is reported to have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on Monday. Two...

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe confirmed by his party to run for president again in 2018

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was confirmed on Saturday as his party's sole candidate for the next presidential election in 2018, when he will be...

Tanzanian police charge Jamii Forums founder

Maxence Melo, a director of Jamii Forums message boards. Photo Credit: JAMII FORUMS The co-founder of a Tanzanian whistle-blowing website has been charged with obstructing an...

Ex-Guantanamo detainee in Uruguay flies to South Africa

A former Guantanamo prisoner who was resettled in Uruguay but has asked to leave flew to South Africa on Thursday as a tourist, a...

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