Clear battle lines between South Africa’s Government of National Unity and US President Donald Trump’s new administration ...

Diaspora communities, including those eligible for Temporary Protected Status, are holding their breath as the full extent of ...

On 6 February, the Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) – which includes the M23 rebel group backed by Rwanda – held a rally in Goma, ...

From spending big on supercars and luxurious mansions to taking to social media to cause trouble, we line up presidents’ kids ...

Flags are flying half-mast in South Africa as bodies of deceased soldiers are being repatriated, but questions about the ...

Joel Pollack was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg in 1977 but his parents left for the US and he grew up in Chicago. (Photo: Joel Pollack/Facebook) US President Donald Trump’s threats to sanction South ...

A former employee of Randgold and co-founder of the consultancy Iventus Mining, Mamou Touré plays a key role in renegotiating Mali’s mining contracts. This go-between is at the centre of a stand-off ...

While President Donald Trump is unilaterally transforming America’s foreign policy with his blustery threats and chaotic unravelling of the $40bn-a-year US aid agency, the divided and diminished ...

In April 2024, Rwandan-backed armed group M23 seized one of the world’s most productive coltan concessions, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Since then, a UN report estimates that 120 tonnes ...

Kenyan President William Ruto is facing public outrage over what is described as skewed priorities after he ordered the renovation of State House and state lodges across the country, while public ...

Intense clashes broke out as the armed group seized a mining town in South Kivu province and resumed its advance towards the provincial capital of Bukavu. The M23 armed group and allied Rwandan forces ...

Former US president Biden’s ambassador to South Africa turns his wisdom towards the African business market for his next act ...