Justice Malala

The US president-elect must understand that staying friends with the continent makes more sense than not.

Credible votes in Botswana, Senegal, South Africa and Mauritius have shone this year. But political repression and violence keeps many discredited regimes in power.

The region’s history of battles between presidents and their deputies suggests a long leadership contest ahead.

Sabre-rattling and armed clashes between the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda and others could see a repeat of the world’s deadliest conflict since WWII.

The president won 99% of the vote in this week’s election. The result underlines Kagame’s continued drift away from democracy.

The conditions that led to the East African country’s protests this week are simmering in many other jurisdictions on the continent.

Leaders face the gargantuan task of keeping a rickety coalition together — and reviving the economy.

A damaging populist future awaits the country unless its two main political parties — the ANC and the DA — strike a deal.

The country is becoming a normal, boisterous, and competitive democracy — even if dangers abound.

What Zimbabwe needs is a new political direction, not a new currency.