Lesotho’s national assembly has passed a motion to ban the importation of bottled water into the country as part of measures to promote the local industry.

Mozambique is on a knife’s edge as young people continue to protest against the outcome of the October elections that extended 49 years of Frelimo rule.

South Africa has closed the Lebombo port of entry to and from Mozambique after 15 officials from the Ressano Garcia border fled to SA on Thursday morning for protection.

Young Mozambicans from opposition parties have given Frelimo until midday to relinquish power or face more unrest, after days of violence and looting in the country.

In some parts of the capital, protesters negotiated with police. In other parts there was no talking.

Rwanda has closed its embassy in Maputo in anticipation of Thursday’s planned protest by opposition groups.

Soldiers and police were patrolling Mozambique’s capital Maputo early on Thursday ahead of a planned protest against election results seen by the opposition as fraudulent.

The Border Management Authority has temporarily closed the Lebombo port of entry following violent protests in Mozambique.

Three years ago, Kenya — one of the world’s biggest tea producers — set a minimum price for the commodity to cushion farmers from losses in an oversupplied market.

The ANC has appealed to all parties in Mozambique to find a solution to ongoing unrest, while an opposition leader says he was the target of an assassination attempt in Sandton.

Botswana’s new President Duma Boko has lauded his successor for accepting defeat as the country moves smoothly from Botswana Democratic Party rule.

DW took to the streets of seven African countries to find out what citizens there think about the upcoming US presidential election.

Protesters in the Mozambican border town of Ressano Garcia seized control of a number of trucks and used them to blockade a key metals-export route from neighbouring South Africa on Monday, according to the Trans African Concessions, which operates the route.

At least 10 people have died and 76 have been injured in post-election protests in Mozambique since 11 October. Now a massive nationwide demonstration is in the works for Thursday – and perhaps something akin to a revolution.

In a small neon-lit factory in Maputo, a dozen workers are hand-rolling premium cigars intended for the global market, seemingly undisturbed by the pungent tobacco smell.