Politics

December 18, 2017

Africa Update: South Africa’s ANC votes on new leader in tense ballot

Thousands of delegates from South Africa’s ruling ANC party cast secret ballots Monday to choose their next leader after repeated delays to a vote seen as […]
December 15, 2017

Africa Update: Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa calls for end to western sanctions

Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday called for the removal of Western sanctions on his government during a speech to ruling party officials and said […]
December 11, 2017

Africa Update: Kenya’s opposition postpones ‘swearing-in’ of alternative president

Kenyan opposition has postponed plans to swear in its leader Raila Odinga as an alternative president, easing political tensions and opening a window for possible talks […]
December 7, 2017

African Update: Kenya government threatens opposition with ‘treason’ charge

Kenya’s attorney general said Thursday that an opposition plan to have its leader Raila Odinga sworn in as an alternative president would amount to treason. Odinga […]