Uhuru and Raila met Dubai royal ruler over fake gold export saga

President Uhuru Kenyatta reportedly met with the Dubai ruler who raised concerns about problems he was having with...

Zimbabwe’s white farmers: Who will pay compensation?

In Zimbabwe, thousands of white farmers were forced from their farms, sometimes violently, between 2000 and 2001 under...

Can South Africa’s Ramaphosa turn his government around?

  Siobhán O’Grady/Washington Post  A quarter-century after the African National Congress first took control of South Africa’s government,...

South Africa election: Polls close in test for ANC

  BBC /Larry Madowo Polls have shut in South Africa’s elections, widely seen as a test for the...

Xenophobic attacks in South Africa evidence of leadership gone awry

If the marker of 25 years after the collapse of apartheid in South Africa is Xenophobia, Africa still...

Drought does not cause famine; bad politics does

Drought does not cause famine; bad politics does It is a harbinger of famine. But it is not...

Kenya or Somalia: Who owns the sea and what lies beneath?

For years, Kenya and Somalia have argued over where their maritime boundary in the Indian Ocean runs. The...

Why the US is engineering political change in East Africa

The competition between great powers has triggered a string of major political developments in East Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea,...

Liberia’s ‘missing millions’: Charles Sirleaf charged

The son of Liberia’s ex-President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been charged with economic sabotage in connection with the...

Freeing the child slaves of Lake Volta