Southern Africa
Latest news and analyses on the countries located in the southernmost subregion of the African continent.
South Africans vote as anger over failing services threatens ANC
South Africans queued from early on Wednesday to vote in municipal elections, with anger over corruption, crime and failing public...
Read moreDetailsBillionaire industrialist Dangote launches $2.5 billion Namibia fuel storage project
Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote launched a $2.5 billion fuel storage and regional pipeline project in Namibia's Walvis Bay on Wednesday...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa braces for some job losses as US trade benefits end
South African exporters are weighing potential job losses and squeezed margins after Washington moved to end the country's duty-free access...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa’s splintering vote sets up multi-party battle for cities
The first time Mpho Moroka voted, in 2008, she backed the African National Congress. Almost two decades on, the unemployed...
Read moreDetailsPutin woos African leaders, says Russia a better partner than ‘colonial’ West
President Vladimir Putin told African leaders on Wednesday that Russia was their best partner, accusing what he cast as a...
Read moreDetailsZambia’s president appoints new mines minister in cabinet changes after election
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday appointed Brenda Tambatamba as the Southern African copper-producing country's new mines minister, among cabinet...
Read moreDetailsKwanza Corridor-Cultural Landscape, Angola
The Kwanza Corridor Cultural Landscape in the Republic of Angola represents one of the most complex geographical and historical spaces...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa unveils two months of fuel price relief in mid-year budget
South Africa's Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana on Wednesday announced two months of additional fuel price relief in a mid-year budget...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe’s ZANU-PF picks Mnangagwa as leader after 2028
Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party on Sunday endorsed President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain its leader beyond 2028, as the 84-year-old seeks...
Read moreDetailsAngola’s fuel subsidies spending projected to hit $4 billion in 2026, official says
Angola could spend up to 3.8 trillion kwanzas ($4.16 billion) on fuel subsidies this year, nearly double its initial projections...
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