The African National Congress was set to easily win South Africa’s election on Saturday but with a lower vote share reflecting anger at corruption scandals and racial inequalities that remain entrenched a generation after the party took power. With 99.9 percent of voting districts counted following Wednesday’s election, the ANC led with 57.5pc of the […]

JOHANNESBURG — The African National Congress appeared on Friday to be on track to retain control of South Africa’s national government after this week’s election, but widespread voter disillusionment contributed to the party’s weakest electoral showing since the start of democracy a quarter-century ago. President Cyril Ramaphosa had hoped that a decisive victory would hand […]

A Kenyan court has sentenced a British man to four years in prison for possessing bomb-making material. Jermaine Grant was arrested in 2011, when police allegedly found chemicals, switches and a bomb-making manual at his home in the city of Mombasa Grant, who is from London, is serving nine years in jail for using forged […]

PRETORIA (REUTERS) – South African elections officials counted ballot papers in the early hours of Thursday (May 9), a day after a vote seen as the toughest test yet for the African National Congress (ANC) party 25 years after it swept to power at the end of white minority rule. The elections for a new […]

More than 26 million South Africans registered to cast their ballot in the polls expected to be won by the ruling ANC. South Africans are voting in presidential and parliamentary elections in what is being seen as a pivotal election after years of corruption scandals that have plagued the “rainbow nation”. Some 26.8 million voters are registered […]

Sudan’s ruling military council is insisting that Sharia remain the basis of the country’s new laws. Protest leaders had handed them a list of proposals for an interim government, following the ousting of President Omar al-Bashir in April. But the 10-member military council said it had “many reservations” about their suggestions – including the protesters’ […]

Anger over corruption, the faltering economy and land reform are key issues as South Africans vote in the sixth democratic nationwide election since apartheid ended 25 years ago. The African National Congress (ANC), which led the fight against apartheid, has governed the country since 1994. But its support has eroded as large inequalities have remained. […]

Stools made from elephant feet have been presented to three African leaders by their host in Botswana during a meeting on the future of the mammals. President Mokgweetsi Masisi handed over the gifts, covered in a blue patterned cloth, to his counterparts from Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The countries, along with South Africa, are calling […]

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has pledged to clean out the corruption that has become endemic under his party, the African National Congress (ANC). Whether or not voters believe he can keep that promise will determine the level of ANC support in Wednesday’s election. BBC Africa Editor Fergal Keane joined the president as he campaigned […]

A lover of fast cars, vintage wine, trout fishing and game farming, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa is one of the country’s wealthiest politicians with a net worth of about $450m (£340m). Little more than a year after becoming leader of the governing African National Congress (ANC) and achieving his long-held dream of becoming president, […]