A prolonged blockage of the Suez Canal threatened to choke the world economy, with significant impacts for Africa.
The legitimacy of SWAPO, the former liberation movement that has governed since 1990, has been eroded amid growing corruption and a deepening economic crisis.
Kenyan writer Richard Oduor Oduku reflects on Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli’s complex leadership record and chequered legacy.
The president leaves behind a legacy of extremes, on the one hand, a leader who wanted to create a better country for his people, and on...
He came into office with a reputation for making broken systems work, but as he began his second presidential term John Magufuli became known as a...
