Old Leaders in a New Africa

As Sudan turns the page on a 30-year authoritarian regime, the long-abandoned nation could emerge as one of Africa's more promising investment markets.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has been trying to reform South Africa's government and improve its economy. A May 8 general election will signal whether he has the popular support to continue his efforts.

Thanks to people power in the streets of Khartoum, civilians are preventing the army from calling all the shots as Sudan embarks on a new political era.

Felix Tshisekedi is the new president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but he'll have to balance between his powerful predecessor and the U.S. if he's to keep his post.

While Sudan's protesters want more, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the UAE could benefit greatly from the coup.

Unprecedented protests, a divided army and an economic implosion suggest Omar al Bashir's days in power might be numbered.

The murder of close to 1 million Tutsis and moderate Hutus in 1994 didn't occur in a vacuum. Instead, a battle between opposing forces on the continent laid the ground for the frenzy of violence.

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa is working to mitigate his country's foreign currency crisis and facilitate future economic growth, and making the mining sector more appealing to foreign investors is a crucial part of his strategy.

A new president has emerged from the dust of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's last election. But his predecessor has made sure he'll have little room to actually govern.

If Ethiopia and Eritrea can't work out their trade issues and solve the security problems that linger from a contentious past, their relations could slip back into the acrimony that marked decades past.