Browsing: South Africa

Hundreds of thousands of people in Botswana headed to the polls today, 30 October, to vote in the southern African country’s general elections. According to Botswana’s…

Oliver Reginald Tambo, a man sometimes referred to as the ‘other half’ of South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC) party, was born on this day in…

Over a month ago, the US accused African Stream – without evidence – of being a Russian propaganda outfit. Since then, we’ve been banned by social…

Opposition supporters took to the streets of the Mozambican capital, Maputo, to protest against the government’s alleged electoral fraud shortly after the country’s National Electoral Commission…

Squabbles and infighting have continued to rock South Africa’s Government of National Unity (GNU) due to fundamental differences in policy positions of the two largest parties…

Zambia gained its independence on this day in 1964. However, Zambia’s journey to liberation has set it apart from most African countries because it broke free…

Angola has accused Rwanda-backed M23 rebels of violating a ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which had been in place since early August…

Today marks one-hundred days since the formation of South Africa’s Government of National Unit (GNU), a coalition made of the African National Congress (ANC) and several…

In 1995, the Nelson Mandela-led African National Congress (ANC) government set up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), a court-like body tasked with investigating crimes committed…

Mahatma Gandhi was born on this day back in 1869 and is widely hailed for his fight against British colonial rule in India. But while he’s…