A complex array of regional structures to unite Africa’s 54 member countries has created confusion when it comes to economic integration.
Some welcome foreign intervention in Nigeria; others believe Africa must sort out its own issues.
The Arusha Agreement, mediated by South Africa, is being shrugged off as the state forbids activists from holding meetings.
President Jacob Zuma’s snub of the EU/Africa summit has left many European diplomats in South Africa taken aback by his comments.
The ANC’s strong links with South Sudan could be useful in a new bid to resolve conflicts there.
But Kenya is second to none in its enthusiasm for doing business with China.
Observers say elections in Southern Africa this year are vulnerable to manipulation and misuse of the military to clamp down on opponents.
The brewer is among South African-based firms mugged by the country’s descent into civil war.
The end of conflict with the M23 rebels has people in the eastern DRC hoping for peace.
It is not the Arab Spring, but it looks a lot like it.