Niger: Calls for mass recruitment of volunteers to counter Nigerian military invasion

Nigeriens are preparing for a possible invasion by countries in the region, three weeks after mutinous soldiers ousted the nation's democratically elected president.Residents in the capital, N...

Ramaphosa goes after social media as he cracks down on protests

South Africa, rocked by violent protests that have turned deadly, is now looking to social media networks such as Facebook and Twitter to crack down on looting and destruction of property and infrastr...

MDC Alliance fears growing post-election crackdown

ZIMBABWE authorities are abducting opposition activists and launching court cases to suppress protests, the opposition MDC party said on Monday, despite the president's boast of introducing new freedo...

Waiting for Mugabe's exit

Edgar Garwe sits repairing mobile phones behind the counter of his tumble-down stall, worrying about a scarcity of customers and how he'll pay his two children's school fees."We're just wa...

'Beginning of the end' for Mugabe, say analysts

Analysts have said that Zimbabwe's war veterans' surprise attack on President Robert Mugabe signals the "beginning of the end" for the long-time leader.The government has been unsettled by the...

Threat to Mugabe lies in Zanu-PF

FOR 13 years the biggest threat to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe's grip on power came from an opposition party that grew out of the country's labour unions. Now he is facing an even bigger challeng...

Mugabe paying salaries using debt

Zimbabwe is selling bills and bonds to pay a ballooning wage bill as the economic growth outlook dims and deflation takes hold, a year after President Robert Mugabe extended more than three decades in...

Zimbabwe named as one of the four riskiest African countries

Four resource-rich African countries ranked among the riskiest nations for companies to work in because of corruption and a lack of respect for the rule of law and property rights, a risk analysis gro...