Craig Moffat

The Southern African Development Community’s muted response is driven by political self-interest and internal dynamics

The polls take place in a country that has remained firmly in King Mswati III’s grip for nearly four decades

The run-up to Wednesday’s poll has been preceded by a number of concerning undemocratic actions

The country goes to the polls on 23 August and the SADC Electoral Observation Mission will use set criteria to decide whether democracy prevailed

Instead of focusing on answering calls for banned cluster munitions, efforts should be spent providing Ukraine with the precision-guided weapons

South Africa’s foreign policy should retain its principled stance over Russia’s war in Ukraine, while also calling for accountable governance globally

The continent needs to call on its international partners to provide assistance and share their expertise

The serial manipulation of presidential term limits across the continent is a major concern for the African Union

Assessing the successes and ongoing challenges of the African Union 20 years on

Fifth-time loser Raila Odinga says he respects the court’s decision but disagrees with the judgment

The MPLA managed to retain power in the recent elections but to win the next elections it will have to introduce economic and political reforms

Former apartheid collaborator Unita has polled well, but will it be enough to unseat the long-ruling MPLA?

SA should articulate its decisions better over the war in Ukraine and insurgency in Mozambique

The omission of Eswatini from the SADC agenda may reinforce the belief that Mswati intends to hold the dialogue on his own terms rather than in the interests of the country

Sanctions against Russia, and that country’s blockades of ports, may affect gas, precious metals and wheat supplies – but it also allows Africa to step into the gap

Agreeing on the objectives of a national dialogue may seem like a straightforward exercise but, if the foundation is not correctly laid, fissures may appear to the detriment of…

Africa’s last monarch has shut schools to stop student protests against his rule — but he should heed previous events that toppled other despots

Nongovernmental organisations applying for observer status at the African Union are subjected to intense scrutiny but a non-African state merely needs the approval of the AU…

The countries offering training are the SADC, Italy, France, Portugal, Spain and the United States while it appears that Rwanda ‘has plans to deploy’

Ousted ministers’ splinter party could threaten prime minister’s coalition majority