Africa

Why Africa needs women power

Malawi’s new president Joyce Banda is really shaking things up. She announced that she will work to overturn Malawi’s law […]

ICC not for Africans – say new prosecutor

The prosecutor-elect of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has dispelled what she termed as “perceptions” that the Hague-based court is […]

Malawi ready to host AU summit

Malawi will be a battlefield when the African Union convenes for its summit in July as regional blocks ensure that […]

UN tells Africa to stop begging and grow food

The declaration by the UN that Africa has suitable conditions to feed its people was spot on. At no other […]

Zambia ready to arrest Sudan’s Al Bashir

While Malawi is dithering on the matter of Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al Bashir, Zambia has broken ranks with most […]

IMF withdraws advisory team from Swaziland

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has withdrawn its advisory team from Swaziland, saying it is unable to support the government’s […]

Be firm – President Sata urges the Justice Lovemore Chikopa’s tribunal

PRESIDENT Michael Sata has urged members of the tribunal established to probe alleged professional misconduct of three judges not to […]

Swazis reject monarch in public poll

A public poll in Swaziland showed that 43% of the population disapproved of Africa’s last absolute monarch, King Mswati’s III, […]

Zanu PF raps Zuma over Malema

Some of President Robert Mugabe’s closest officials have attacked South African president and mediator to Zimbabwe’s political crisis Jacob Zuma, […]

Africa’s only female presidents join forces to support women

The only two female heads of state in Africa, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and Malawian President Joyce Banda, have […]