Political analysts warn that unless underlying issues driving political violence are addressed, South Africa’s local ...

The Democratic Alliance, South Africa’s second-biggest political party, remains “100%” committed to remaining in the ruling ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his hand when he met his political rival at a funeral, gesturing for a proper handshake. The man didn’t want contact, instead folding a piece of paper that ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Conflict is likely among partners in South Africa's new coalition government but that won't be “catastrophic” for its hopes of turning around the country, the leader of ...

Senior security and peacebuilding officials from Ghana and Austria have called for increased investment in political advisory ...

A new working paper from Nobel laureate James A. Robinson finds a vast landscape of 45,000 polities—deliberately fragmented to protect local autonomy Pre-colonial African societies have long been seen ...

A number of reports have called South Africa a politically polarised society. This may seem uncontroversial, given the country’s history of dispossession and discrimination during colonialism and ...

The latest court challenge by Operation Dudula – an anti-immigration South African movement that campaigns for tougher action against undocumented migrants – has put the Zimbabwe Exemption Permit (ZEP ...

Part 1. Foundations. Ch. 1. Universal freedom declared, universal freedom denied -- Ch. 2. Federalism and the limits of universal freedom -- Part 2. Political ...

MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Spiritual warfare among politicians is part of a wider struggle over faith in Uganda, where Christianity is the dominant religion. MBALE, Uganda (AP) — Wilson Watira offered his ...