Africa

Weaponising the law against democracy is on the rise in Africa

By Zenge Simakoloyi

Africa

Tanzanian police dump ‘severely tortured’ activist on border as state slides back into authoritarianism

By Diana Neille

Politics

Tanzanian president drops pretence of reform amid retreat from democracy in east Africa

By Peter Fabricius

Africa

Patrice Motsepe’s ARC delisting faces R3.6bn cross-border collision

By Kara le Roux

Africa

African leaders eye $30bn for water crisis at high-level talks in Cape Town

By Kristin Engel

Africa

New era for Namibia: Nandi-Ndaitwah takes office as Swapo faces erosion of support

By Peter Fabricius

South Africa

‘We were told to stop everything immediately’ — Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision

By Sechaba Mokhethi

Op-eds

New DRC crisis bears out Great Lakes region’s enduring instability — there is one realistic solution

By Paul-Simon Handy

Our Burning Planet

Elite hunting and smuggling syndicate threatens Tanzania’s Masai giraffe

By Willis Okumu for ISS Today

Op-eds

Strategic mediation: Tanzania's role in uniting east and southern Africa for lasting peace

By Nicodemus Minde

Maverick News

Who is Tundu Lissu? Tanzania’s opposition leader is fighting for change in the face of fresh attacks on political freedoms

By Nicodemus Minde

Africa

Fate of vexed East African pipeline project may hinge on looming decision by China’s Exim Bank

By Ed Stoddard