David L Smith

A new book examines the use and abuse of military intelligence gathering in Africa

Radio has adapted to the times and, a century in, is going strong and changing lives in South Africa

A problem getting homegrown people to soccer matches: the locals just don’t seem to be interested in African football.

Despite the sensational action on the pitch, Equatorial Guinea hasn’t quite been able to get excited about the international tournament.

‘Child Witch Kinshasa’ is fiction, but barely. It is a book about the Congolese seen through the eyes of a young boy.

Xenophobic violence is vividly described in Jonny Steinberg’s story of a Somali man’s search for freedom.

Locals in the Central African Republic have been sidelined, which means that any solution to the fighting in the country is unlikely to succeed.

Politics and absconding African Union forces make peace a tough sell in the Central African Republic.

NEWS ANALYSIS: The Central African Republic can only succeed if it is given the opportunity to develop, writes David L Smith.

"The humanitarian crisis in the Central African Republic (CAR) is worse than it has ever been."

Is he or isn’t he in South Africa? Whatever the case, finding a permanent refuge for François Bozizé is complicated.

If it wasn’t for the occasional bomb blast in Mogadishu the country would likely have fallen off the radar for many people.

Central African Republic’s outsted president François Bozizé’s request for South African troops in Bangui did not go through proper channels.

"Out of control elements" is how locals are referring to those responsible for the acts of violence that are keeping people off the CAR’s streets.

The humanitarian emergency in the Central African Republic worsens daily as security in much of the country remains elusive.