Pierre Nkurunziza has secured a third-term as president of Burundi, winning 69% of the vote. Seventeen opposition parties boycotted the elections, leaving former general Agathon Rwasa, who took 19% of the votes, as Nkurunziza’s only rival at the polls.
One man’s prized artwork–filled with political significance–is another man’s kitchen noticeboard it seems.
Seventeen years after the adoption of affirmative action in South Africa, white males still occupy most top management roles, according to a report released today (July 23) by South Africa’s Commission for Employment Equity.
He may be taking his time appointing a cabinet, but Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari has his mind made up on one thing: gay marriage is not in the cards for Nigeria.
Seven years after attempting to bring global attention to human rights violations in Darfur, Hollywood star, George Clooney, now wants to use his star power for a new cause: exposing financiers and profiteers of war and conflict in Africa
South Africa’s tourism business index is at its lowest level since 2011, as visitor numbers decline due to the country’s new visa regulations.
South Africa is one of the few countries in the developing world to have a significant social spending program–it stands out in Africa.
Namibia’s president, Hage Geingob, is pleading with the international community to stop classifying his country as an upper middle-income country.
When South African deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa meets Chinese president Xi Jing Ping later this week in Beijing, their handshake might be a bit awkward.
Starbucks–the popular American coffeehouse chain–aims to get its foot into South Africa’s growing coffee retail market by launching its first store in the country–and in Sub-Saharan Africa–during the first half of 2016.
As Africa closes in on 1 billion mobile subscriptions, affordable smartphones are contributing significantly in bringing more people online across the continent.
Four out of Africa’s top 5 research universities are in South Africa, according to a ranking by Times Higher Education (THE)—a UK-based weekly focused on higher education.
The world’s wealthy and super-rich are increasingly on the hunt for second passports as they seek to protect their wealth, optimize their children’s education and move to countries with open border policies and greater economic and political stability.
Whether it is his 10-track listening tour of Mali—curated 2-years ago during the Northern Mali conflict—or a provocative mix imagining what a soundtrack for global terror might sound like, Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole is fond of using music as a tool to tell stories about places and their people.
In two of South Africa’s biggest cities–Johannesburg and Cape Town–Uber is battling to get its drivers licensed.
Mobile network MTN’s top executive in South Africa has resigned after just 10 months in the role, another blow as the company grapples with tough competition that has eaten into revenue and a labor strike now in its eighth week.
Six years after developing the prototype of a solar-powered hearing aid, Deaftronics, a Botswana-based company, is readying to take its technology global.
South Africa’s consumer confidence is now at its lowest level since 2000. The index, released yesterday by First National Bank and the Bureau of Economic Research, said confidence had nosedived to -15 points in June, from -4 in the previous quarter.
For many years, infrastructure projects in developing countries–funded by multilateral organizations like the World Bank–were often awarded to international companies, sidelining local companies.
South Africa launched new regulations on Wednesday that will free up personal use of drones but significantly raise the bar on being able to deploy drones for commercial use in the country.
Since last September, Facebook has grown its users by 20% in Africa to over 120 million and the vast majority of those users already access the social network from mobile devices.
Seventeen opposition parties will boycott elections as Burundians vote for their local and parliamentary representatives today. This comes after weeks of protests over president Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid for a third-term. There have been numerous calls for Burundi to postpone its elections, the African Union has said it cancelled its observer mission for Burundi’s elections, citing unfavourable political conditions.
This week South Africa’s president, Jacob Zuma, released the long-awaited three-year probe into the killing of 34 miners during a labor dispute with the world’s fourth-largest platinum producer, Lonmin in August 2012.
Just three weeks before Burundi’s presidential elections, one of the country’s two vice-presidents, Gervais Rufyikiri, has fled the country.
