The man admired by presidents and warlords

Mail & Guardian Africa
Soldiers and warlords have come presidents in Africa, but rarely have mayors ...
Mail & Guardian Africa
In Africa, there's something particularly “toxic” about city politics that makes it difficult to transfer urban support to the national stage. Service delivery protests in South Africa. This kind of political agitation is easier to mobilise in the ...
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>The landscape of East Africa is gradually being transformed by massive infrastructure projects that are set to make a major impact on regional economies, but only if a couple of serious hurdles can be overcome.

As Libya prepares to commemorate three years since the uprising that ousted and killed dictator Muammar Gaddafi, the country is haunted by a nightmare of lawlessness that has overshadowed people’s dreams of a better life.

What do you buy a person who runs an African country?

>The year 2015 has opened with a bang, with dramatic developments in the Gambia once again proving the apparent veracity of the old dictum that there is always something new coming out of Africa.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe appoints two deputies to take over from Vice-President Joice Mujuru, sacked for allegedly plotting against him.

Why do African presidents insist on calling themselves doctors?

>US President Barack Obama will not meet individually with any of the 50 African heads of state invited to attend a White House summit next month, a State Department official said on Wednesday.

>Selfies have become the in-thing. Nice selfies with nice people and nice backgrounds get thousands of likes.