Old Leaders in a New Africa

Better ties with archenemy Ethiopia are opening up business opportunities in Eritrea, but the long-closed country will need to reform before investment arrives in earnest.

After 32 years in office, Yoweri Museveni has become deft at eliminating threats to his rule, but a new upstart opponent – singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine – can harness something the long-time president cannot: youth.

President Cyril Ramaphosa could sacrifice short-term investor confidence on the altar of populism if it helps him win South Africa's elections next year.

As Africa's most populous country heads toward elections early next year, its political leadership will turn to the tried and true: seek electoral advantage by exploiting insecurity.

President Joseph Kabila, the leader of Central Africa's Democratic Republic of the Congo, selects a candidate acceptable to him and his political coalition.

Despite violence and election irregularities, the leader has enough of a mandate to start pursuing his political agenda.

Voters in the West African country will choose a new president on July 29 amid deteriorating security and a distrust in the fragile central government.

The landlocked country in southern Africa will soon go to the polls in hopes of trading the strong-arm politics of Robert Mugabe for Western investment and a more prosperous future.

Eritrea's president has finally acknowledged Ethiopia's offer to resolve one of their long-running disputes, but certain factors might keep him inclined to keep the stalemate in place.

As the most dominant source for in-demand cobalt, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is trying to profit as much as it can with weighty new mining regulations.