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In 2013, in a Guardian article, celebrated Kenyan author, Ngugi wa Thiongo made an interesting observation. He said that over the years, the African Union (AU) had been reduced to a talking shop instead of a fighting club; invisible …
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The government of Egypt has lifted a temporary ban on fresh fruits and vegetables exported from South Africa.
The temporary ban on the items by the Egyptian government was imposed amid listeria outbreak in South Africa.
With the South African …
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It took several years of negotiations for fastjet, a low-cost private airline based in Tanzania, to get the traffic rights to fly between Harare and Bulawayo this July. The flying distance between these two major cities in Zimbabwe is …
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As recently as March 2018, the discussion of neither political reforms nor economic liberalization was inconceivable in the Ethiopian political context. The changes both may have been an internal party decision, particularly after the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front’s (EPRDF’s) …
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Economic diversification and investment-driven growth have continued to make East Africa the region with the strongest economic growth on the continent, the latest report from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has disclosed.
According to the …
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“Africa would be free again, it would gain its place of pride and independence from being a pawn on the chess board of world politics and global dominance”.
As what can be referred to as “the rush for …
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A major diplomatic row may be brewing between South Africa and Republic of Zambia, following an express ban on the export of pure Zambian honey to South Africa.
The Zambian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, has expressed disappointment over …
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