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Ex-foes Ethiopia, Eritrea eye peace dividend after historic deal
After declaring an end on Monday to a costly two-decade military stalemate, Ethiopia and Eritrea - one a rising African...
Read moreDetailsTough times, tough birds: Kenyan farmers swap back to hardy chickens
In Elly Joy Kanini’s farmyard in Kenya’s Tharaka Nithi County, a few chickens perch while others peck for food, and...
Read moreDetailsWho benefits from Frenamo’s partocracy?
‘Frenamo partocracy’. This is the buzzword in Mozambique’s political circles, conceived by sceptical wags to describe the latest ‘decentralisation’ deal...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s ANC was preparing to fire Zuma this week, top official says
South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) had been preparing to fire Jacob Zuma as head of state this week,...
Read moreDetailsCommentary: In drought-hit South Africa, the politics of water
Unless something miraculous happens, the city of Cape Town, an iconic international tourism destination and South Africa’s second economic hub,...
Read moreDetailsWhat does Theresa May mean for Africa?
By Mark Anderson Theresa May will become the second woman after Margaret Thatcher to hold Britain's highest office when David...
Read moreDetailsEx-dictator of Chad gets life imprisonment for crimes against humanity
In what has been called “Africa’s trial of the century”, the former dictator of Chad has been found guilty in...
Read moreDetailsAs Kabila eyes another term, the AU must speak up
Nineteen years ago today, on 17 May 1997, Laurent Désiré Kabila overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, the president of what was...
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