South African Dave van Niekerk and a network of companies headquartered in Pretoria are at the centre of transactions that saw money from Eswatini pensioners moved across the border.

Botswana’s economy is in bad shape, deputy president and finance minister Ndaba Gaolathe has told its Parliament – but with hard work and sometimes uncomfortable measures, the new administration can clean up the “undesirable” mess it inherited.

Armed attackers on motorcycles killed at least 21 civilians in the West African nation of Niger, the army said.

Ghana’s vice president and former central banker Mahamudu Bawumia faces off against opposition ex-president John Mahama on Saturday in a closely fought election to decide on the country’s new president.

Somalia on Friday accused Ethiopia of interfering in its southern Jubaland region, the latest upset in a nearly year-long bitter dispute between the two nations.

Namibia’s first woman president Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah on Thursday said her victory in a disputed vote last week had broken a “glass ceiling”.

Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi met with US President Joe Biden while he was in neighbouring Angola to talk, according to the White House’s official account, about the Lobito corridor and governance.

Disgruntled Mozambicans blocked streets and key roads again on Wednesday, extending the disruption after a disputed election to 41 days and counting.

In 1986, Jonas Savimbi went to Washington looking for help to wage a guerilla war in Angola.

The Electoral Commission of Namibia announced Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah from SWAPO had won the presidential election.

US President Joe Biden met his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenco Tuesday at the start of a two-day visit to the African country centred on a major infrastructure project that showcases US investment on the continent, where rival China is boosting its

Discussion of the pardon on Hunter Biden immediately drowned out Joe Biden’s trip to Angola, which already seemed largely irrelevant considering Donald Trump’s approach.

There can’t be a re-run of Namibia’s general election because there is no money to do so, the Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) said, even as opposition parties prepared a legal challenge demanding just that.

Namibia extended voting for a second time Thursday with the opposition crying foul after logistical failures prevented many people from casting ballots in the tightly fought election.