Africa

In the 30 years that South Africa has been a democracy, none of the country’s past national elections has felt quite as uncertain as this month’s vote. That’s because this...

The current South African president and leader of the ruling African National Congress (ANC), Cyril Ramaphosa, is in the upcoming election. Ramaphosa took over the reins from former President Jacob Zuma in 2018...

said it is “greatly concerned” by reports that its former colony has signed a military cooperation accord with “for an indefinite period.”  Sao Tome and Principe inked the agreement with Russia on...

The Dean of Chapel in Trinity College, Cambridge, the Rev Michael Banner, has computed that Britain owes more than £200 billion to Caribbean nations as reparations for slavery. Banner is not...

South Africa’s Jacob Zuma vowed to nationalise industries, redistribute land and tackle crime in a fiery speech launching his new manifesto ahead of the country’s elections. Mr Zuma, who was...

constitutional court ruled on Monday that former President may not run in next week’s general election. The court upheld the . Why was Jacob Zuma convicted of contempt of court?...

constitutional court ruled on Monday that former President may not run in next week’s general election. The court upheld the . Why was Jacob Zuma convicted of contempt of court?...

In Liu Cixin’s science fiction novel The Dark Forest—part of the popular Three-Body Problem series recently serialized by Netflix—humanity is faced with the prospect of an alien invasion. The extraterrestrials...

has enjoyed 30 years of democracy after , and, for the first time, the stakes are significantly high in the  scheduled for May 29. Several polls suggest that the African National Congress...

Those who believe the Nazi-infested worldview espoused by Vladimir Putin to be — softly put — outlandish, have yet to meet Nikolai Patrushev.  The man known as the hawk’s hawk, the...