Zimbabwe issued treasury bonds worth R6.1 billion and made small cash payments to white farmers who were dispossessed of their property 25 years ago under a state-backed land reform program.

US President Donald Trump’s sweeping new tariffs on African exports are triggering economic fallout across the continent.

Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Monday that countries sanctioning Kigali could “go to hell”, weeks after some nations imposed the measures over Rwanda’s involvement in the eastern DR Congo conflict.

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and M23 rebels engaged in peace talks in Qatar after days of unrest. M23 has withdrawn from the town of Walikale and talks will continue next week.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa said he’ll suspend tariffs on imports of US goods, seeking to turn Donald Trump’s levies on much of the world into an opportunity to reset strained relations.

Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the US on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy.

Lesotho scrambled to put together a delegation on Friday to head to Washington to engage with the United States on tariffs that risk wiping out nearly half of its exports, its trade minister said, in what could be a death blow to its economy.

Lesotho said Thursday it will send a government delegation to the United States to plead its case after Washington imposed 50% tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation.

More than 95 protesters arrested on Monday in Zimbabwe appeared in the Harare Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday afternoon.

Planned protests in Zimbabwe calling for the resignation of President Emmerson Mnangagwa turned into a massive stayaway on Monday.

Several activists, including nine journalists, were arrested in Harare during Monday’s mass stayaway in Zimbabwe.

Mozambican kidnapping kingpin, Momad Assif “Nini” Satar died in custody in the cells of the Machava Special Maximum Security Penitentiary Establishment on Friday morning.

Several vehicles have been torched at the Harare business premises of close allies of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa as tensions rise in the country ahead of planned protests on Monday.

The Sudanese army said it has wrested back full control of the capital Khartoum, capping a weeklong offensive that saw it recapture the presidential palace, the airport, and other key sites in a decisive push against rival RSF.

In anticipation of the looming protest to force Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa to leave office, the police have issued an order prohibiting people from carrying weapons that may disrupt “public order” or “breach peace”.

As Angola steps back from its role as mediator in the DRC’s conflict, peace efforts face new uncertainties. Challenges such as unclear roles, funding issues, and external influences continue to hinder the peace process.

Heavily armed police with water canons are patrolling the streets of Harare ahead of a planned protest on 31 March.

Zimbabwe’s most wanted political fugitive has caused a stir after urging citizens to rise up against President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the end of March. The ruling ZANU-PF party has vowed that no protests will occur.

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday reassigned the head of the country’s army to the sports ministry, the presidency said, without elaborating on the reasons for the move.

Rwanda on Tuesday described as “unfortunate” claims by Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye that it was planning to attack his country.

Lesotho will suffer from Donald Trump’s aid cuts and stands to lose up to 40,000 jobs if the US president also cancels a trade pact granting duty-free access to the American market, the monarch of the tiny southern African kingdom warned ahead of a t