Being the archbishop of Canterbury, head of the Church of England, has always been a risky business. Modern incumbents are not likely to be murdered before their own altar, beheaded ...
Last week, there was much handwringing in Western capitals over Russia’s hosting of the BRICS summit in the city of Kazan. Western nations have poured resources into ostracizing Russia since ...
The government of Russia confirmed on Tuesday that Saudi Arabia is not yet an official member of the anti-American BRICS coalition, claiming that the Middle East will formalize its position ...
In May, for the first time since the end of apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC) lost its parliamentary majority in South Africa. It cobbled together a government, but the ...
EXCLUSIVE: Showmax‘s buzzy South African crime drama Koek is heading for a second season. The series, whose title translates as Cake, stars Cindy Swanepoel as a housewife who finds evidence ...
In the days before South Africa’s May 29 election, there was a euphoric atmosphere in parts of the cosmopolitan but largely Zulu port city of Durban. People who would usually ...
South Africa’s 30-year-old democracy is in uncharted waters. The African National Congress (ANC)—the party that led South Africa to liberation from apartheid minority rule—has, for the first time since 1994, ...
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Egypt’s decision on reopening the Rafah crossing to Gaza, looming genocide in Sudan’s North Darfur region, and Nigeria’s not-so-new national anthem. If you would ...
South Africa’s next government will be a coalition between the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and at least one opposition party, after the ANC’s collapse Wednesday’s election, as it failed ...
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at elections in South Africa and Madagascar, the world’s largest climate change case to date, and Brazil recalling its ambassador to Israel. ...