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David Smith is the Guardian's Washington DC bureau chief. From 2010 to 2015 Smith was the Africa correspondent for The Guardian for which he was based in Johannesburg, South Africa
Although leaders of the reconciliation era accept South Africa’s last white president, younger politicians are not as forgiving
Activists describe Mozambique as a tolerant society but say LGBT people still face a long struggle for full equality.
Seven big cats have been donated to Rwanda, restoring the predator to the East African country after a 15-year absence.
The country’s leader has claimed victory in polls censured by opposition parties and the West.
The vexed leftovers of the apartheid military are reportedly turning the tide in Nigeria.
Robert Mugabe, on a rare state visit to South Africa this week, spoke off the cuff in a monologue that varied from pointed to rambling to witty.
Pan Macmillan announces it has acquired UK & Commonwealth rights to the book which is likely to tackle Mandela’s divorce from his second wife Winnie.
Seleka and anti-balaka forces are ripping CAR apart, leaving crisis and tragedy in their wake.
Violence erupted in Kinshasa as Joseph Kabila allegedly angles for an illicit third term.
Plans to turn ancestral Maasai land into a reserve for a Dubai royal family appears to be going ahead.
Guy Scott will take charge for three months until an election is held to choose a permanent successor.
The South African jazz trumpeter talks to David Smith about the legacy of apartheid, Nelson Mandela and squandering $50-million.
