John J Stremlau, University of the Witwatersrand US president Joe Biden’s invitation to South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to meet at the White House, and the latter’s acceptance, are positive…
Adam Haupt, University of Cape Town British monarch Queen Elizabeth II’s passing has elicited many polarised responses, in the process allowing the ghosts of the past to resurface. A Nigeria-born…
LONDON– British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss won the ruling Conservative Party’s leadership contest Monday and will replace Boris Johnson as the country’s new prime minister. In the runoff, Truss, 47,…
Cristina Udelsmann Rodrigues, The Nordic Africa Institute Angolan president João Lourenço, who has been returned to power with a greatly reduced majority, faces the challenging task of turning around the…
Oscar Gakuo Mwangi, National University of Lesotho President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government has held a majority of elected seats in both the national assembly and the senate – which together make…
Jon Schubert, University of Basel and Gilson Lázaro, Catholic University of Angola Angola’s elections were, for the first time, a tight race between the governing People’s Movement for the Liberation…
BRASILIA– Brazil’s former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has maintained his lead in the polls ahead of the October general elections. Lula, who represents the Workers’ Party, holds 42.3…
PRESIDENT Emmerson Mnangagwa is mulling a review of the proposed high fees that presidential and legislative hopefuls are set to be charged when they take part in next year’s national…
Mohamed Haji Ingiriis, University of Oxford The new government in Somalia that won elections held in May has got off to a rocky political start in its relations with the…
Catherine Lena Kelly, National Defense University Senegalese voters went to the polls in July 2022, continuing a tradition of robust multiparty competition in the country. It is one of a…
