Rwanda’s president put everything into reforming the organisation, with mixed results
International Crisis Group lists seven particularly pressing crises the regional organisation should focus on in 2019
African heads of state formally elected South Africa during a closed session on Sunday morning
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will officially take over the post of head of the AU which rotates between the five regions of the continent
The Karegeya family is concerned about ‘meddling’ in the South African investigation
Patrick Karegeya, a Rwandan dissident, was assassinated in South Africa in 2013
Aid has never been just about helping people. It’s also about gaining influence and exercising soft power
Central Africa’s giant holds the continent’s richest mineral wealth, yet its economy remains woefully underdeveloped and its people impoverished
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Finding weed in an Egyptian resort crawling with security men during a conference of African leaders is as difficult as parting the Red Sea
South Africa’s diplomatic relationship with Rwanda broke down in 2014 when South Africa expelled three Rwandan diplomats
The court found that Diane Rwigara’s criticism of government through press conferences was freedom of speech
Since Diane Rwigara’s arrest last year, her brothers and sister have been interrogated and family assets have been forcibly auctioned
Fighting in Kivu, a region in the east of the vast powder-keg state of the Democratic Republic of Congo, first flared a generation ago
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China’s increasing global links means the other Brics members need to draw in the rest of Africa
The number of researchers is growing but R&D needs far more investment
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Kenya owes more to China than it does to Western lenders, the traditional source of loans to the continent
Mandela served only one term as president. Other African leaders must learn from him
Good things are being said about the World Health Organisation since Ethiopia’s man came on board
Our readers write in about Doron Isaacs and Paul Kagame
The club’s new sleeve sponsor has an abysmal human rights record
African high-tech startups are minuscule compared with their US and European peers but they are finally gaining momentum and attention
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The Ethiopian human rights advocate was murdered in broad daylight in Jo’burg. Friends and family claim the Ethiopian regime was responsible
From retirements to coups d’etat, presidential term limits and opposition candidates winning elections, democracy appears to be making progress
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Paul Kagame has failed to properly consult his peers, argued Jacob Zuma
The African Union’s ‘spy’ computers show that aid always comes with strings attached
The Rwandan model can’t be replicated easily given that it depends heavily on political dominance and tight, centralised control of patronage networks
This has been another tough year for the world, and the African continent has endured more than its fair share of conflict and crises.
Rwigara who tried to run in presidential poll, is accused of offences against state security.
Togo’s beleaguered leader is the only would-be president-for-life left in the region
Rwanda police justified the arrest of the former presidential hopeful, saying Diane Shima Rwigara had failed to respond to previous summonses.
Africa loves Kagame. Which is why Africa should be very worried
With three weeks to go until elections, two politicians are challenging Rwanda’s "big man."