China built and paid for the AU’s computer network – but inserted a backdoor allowing it access to confidential information
Zweli Martin Dlamini’s nemesis — a powerful businessman — was murdered in Mbabane, but the controversial journalist is still too scared to go home
Foreign-owned ships registered in Tanzania have been caught smuggling drugs and arms. The country’s president has had enough
Basic rights are under severe threat in the region, says Human Rights Watch
This has been another tough year for the world, and the African continent has endured more than its fair share of conflict and crises.
The capital of the Central African Republic could be a great holiday destination – if it weren’t for the civil war
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‘Since the military takeover, soldiers have not returned to barracks but are now involved in policing the streets’
Even in its best days, the CAR was never much of a state. But since the outbreak of civil war in 2013, the government has all but ceased to exist
In controversial circumstances, Uhuru Kenyatta was inaugurated again as president of the Republic of Kenya, but he is the people’s president.