This year’s presidential elections in Uganda were seen as the most competitive yet for the country’s long-time incumbent Yoweri Museveni. They nonetheless look set...
Demonstrations against the government are a routine affair in the Ugandan capital Kampala, and Andrew Lwanga thought it would be just another day at...
This week marks the 32nd anniversary of the the gruesome killing of 5,000 Somalis, most from the Degodia sub-clan. Writer and researcher SALAH ABDI...
Should there be an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa, the continent will not be able to cope. Shutterstock
February 10, 2016
By Adamson...
January 27, 2016
A truck bearing the image of President Yoweri Museveni in Masindi town, Uganda, ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Reuters/James Akena
This year,...
January 26, 2016
If the mass media is to be believed, Africa is hardly a continent brimming with opportunities for business. But for some time...
Electricity pylons from Cape Town’s Koeberg nuclear power plant. State-owned companies help to provide infrastructure for economic development. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
State-owned companies are often touted...
* President Buhari of Nigeria and President Bongo of Gabon will join President El-Sisi of Egypt next month at the Africa 2016 forum.
* The...
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has long benefited from the support of the US. DFID/Flickr
By Claudine Vidal
On 31 December 2015, in his greetings to...
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, will participate in the fourth edition...