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Face of youth: Bobi Wine was four years old when Museveni came to power.
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Bobi Wine in exile: Fighting Museveni, the god of Uganda

While President Yoweri Museveni consolidates power at home, Bobi Wine calls for sanctions and warns that Uganda’s “mode of dictatorship” could spread across the region

Robert Kyagulanyi, aka ‘Bobi Wine’, leader of the National Unity Platform.

EXCLUSIVE: Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine speaks to M&G from exile in the US, calls for sanctions against Museveni

Exiled politician calls for sanctions against President Yoweri Museveni’s regime

M23 leader Bertrand Bisimwa

M23 rebels welcome SANDF departure from Monusco

M23 president Bertrand Bisimwa accused the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo of failing the people of eastern DRC

Rwanda President Paul Kagame

We would be 100 times richer: Kagame on allegations of exploiting DRC

Rwandan President Paul Kagame came out strongly against long-standing claims that his country profited from the unrest in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC] by…

Liquidity challenges: Mantengu’s Langpan Mine has seen production decline. Photo: Supplied

Mantengu workers face salary delays

Financial disclosures and production shortfalls raise questions about the miner’s stability and cash flow

Mr Moneybags: Wicknell Chivayo is the poster boy of the young
nouveau riche flaunting their wealth in Zimbabwe. Photo: Facebook

Sir Wicknell: Zim businessman ties his fortunes to Mnangagwa

The president had denied that Wicknell Chivayo has been dolling out lavish gifts on his behalf

Uneasy truce: Gijima’s owner Robert Gumede says the IT firm prefers its exit from Transnet to be in line with
best practice.

Gijima wants orderly ‘disengagement’ from Transnet

Transnet is currently appealing a court ruling which dismissed its urgent application to compel Gijima to complete critical data migration following the expiry of a R1.5 billion…

Borrowing costs: The G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatments is a mechanism created by the G20 in 2020 to help heavily indebted low-income
countries negotiate debt relief in a coordinated and predictable way. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

Africa can still push for debt reforms despite US boycott

During its G20 presidency, South Africa has made debt relief one of its top priorities

Invest: Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote met Zimbabwean President
Emmerson Mnangagwa to discuss business prospects.

Nigeria’s Dangote offers Zimbabwe hope

But ordinary Zimbabweans driven to cynicism after years of state corruption under the ruling Zanu-PF party are pessimistic

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s wealthiest entrepreneur and founder of the Dangote Group  met with Zimbabwe President Emmerson D. Mnangagwa at the State House to discuss significant investment prospects in cement production, coal mining, and power generation.  (ZanuPFOfficial/X)

Dangote plans transnational pipeline across Southern Africa

The project could change the production structure of Zimbabwe, with fuel landing at a lesser cost

Mantengu Mining Limited CEO, Mike Miller,

Mantengu’s valuation quagmire

The Mantengu file: When expert valuations, courts and regulators all say no

A Tanzanian commission investigating deadly unrest following the October 2025 general election has recommended national reconciliation, criminal investigations and fast-tracking a new Constitution by 2028. Photo: Wainaina Mburu

Failed economies and systemic decay: Gen Z defy the elites for political change

The youth describe their movements as leaderless and digital, as they defy the old elites who have led to frustration due to failed economies and systemic decay.

The M23 marched into Goma in February to effectively take over North Kivu, with the decisive battle at the same airport against the ill-fated South African-led Southern African Development Community force, known as SAMIDRC.

M23 opposes the opening of DRC’s Goma International Airport

It was suggested at peace negotiations that the airport would primarily serve humanitarian purposes to bring in aid for communities affected by the conflict

Same old: Paul Biya, aged 92, has just been elected president of Cameroon for the eighth consecutive time. Photo: X/Pr_Paul_Biyaeo

Biya: Four decades and counting

The longtime leader’s 27-year-old LGBTQI musician daughter urged Cameroonians not to vote for him

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photo: Supplied

Heads roll at Zimbabwe’s power utility over Mnangagwa Sona blackout

Investigations point to a circuit breaker failure, however, foul play is suspected

The M23 rebels have said they support the withdrawal of the South African National Defence Force from the UN Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
 Photo: Wikipedia

DRC peace deals hang in the balance as the government forces shell M23-controlled areas

The rebels claim they were compelled to defend civilian towns after ‘indiscriminate aggression’ by government troops

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photo: Supplied

Move to block freedom of expression in Zimbabwe

Opposition figures like Tendai Biti condemned the actions as ‘desperate daylight terrorism’ and an attack on the constitution

Former late Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe. (Wikimedia Commons)

Robert Mugabe’s children navigate life without first family privilege

The fall of the Zimbabwean veteran leader in November 2017 and his death two years later had a negative impact on his then relatively young children

Uncertainty still surrounds the Kariba REDD+ forest conservation project, which provides sustainable livelihood opportunities for poor communities in northern Zimbabwe. (Substack)

Fate of Zimbabwe’s Kariba REDD+ forest conservation project hangs in the balance

Kariba REDD+ has been prevented from trading after allegations of mismanagement and corruption

Former DRC president Joseph Kabila.

Ramaphosa, Mnangagwa urge DRC’s Tshisekedi to drop Kabila charges

Sources said Mnangagwa and Ramaphosa discussed Kabila’s predicament in Zimbabwe in August and agreed that the treason charges were not fair