The IEC announced that South Africa's political parties declared over R97 million in donations in three months, with the ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn’t want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that ...

France often explains the lowering of its tricolour across the Sahel by invoking Russia and Wagner. This narrative is comfortable: a visible adversary is easier to describe than a diffuse rival. Yet ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Conflict is likely among partners in South Africa's new coalition government but that won't be “catastrophic” for its hopes of turning around the country, the leader of ...

For the moment there is not much to see in Bugesera, a district replete with verdant bush 45km south of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital. But it is the site of what Paul Kagame, the president of the central ...

Mmusi Maimane says South Africa is suffering through a leadership crisis, and youth disengagement. He shares his ideas on why political parties are struggling to connect with younger voters.

The Program in African Studies provides a systematic introduction to the complex historical, political and social issues of the African continent. Its major and minor are structured to give students ...

From unsettling female friendships and political negotiations to journeys of reinvention across continents, these four books ...

A new working paper from Nobel laureate James A. Robinson finds a vast landscape of 45,000 polities—deliberately fragmented to protect local autonomy Pre-colonial African societies have long been seen ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Spiritual warfare among politicians is part of a wider struggle over faith in Uganda, where Christianity is the dominant religion. MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his ...