All Africa Monitor

The opposition Movement for Democratic Change has called the election a sham, but without international support the party is flailing. 

When Al Qaeda attacked US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998, it began a culture of aggressive security in US diplomatic missions, writes former ambassador John Campbell. 

Since 2010, the country's politics has grown dangerously polarized. Is Ivory Coast's democratic future in jeopardy?

A report from the International Crisis Group says today's election may be President Robert Mugabe's last stand – but he will go down fighting.

Waiting to vote this weekend, Malian traders living in southern China say they want a president who understands the economic value of diaspora communities. 

Here are some surprising figures ahead of Zimbabwe's July 31 election.

A shadowy dissident who goes by the name of Baba Jukwa has found fame among Zimbabwe's Facebook users.

South Africa is hoping to avoid further isolating Zimbabwe and repeating the refugee crisis that followed the country's 2008 election.

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir sacked his vice president and all of his ministers Tuesday – an unexpected move from a man who's built his career on compromise.

Urbanized young people are trying to move beyond powerful tribal identities and forge new, non-ethnic subcultures – like the goth movement.

What Americans see in Africa often reveals more about our state of mind than it does about the realities on the continent.

Sometimes the most efficient solution to poverty alleviation is the simplest: give poor people more money to spend.

When the son of Equatorial Guinea's president wanted to steal money from state coffers, he hid it in European banks. And he's hardly the only one. 

In July, Zimbabweans will vote in another election likely to be rigged by the ruling party. But President Robert Mugabe's small reforms have eased pressure from the West.

The African National Congress has ruled South Africa since the end of apartheid. But riddled by corruption charges and internal feuding, it looks increasingly vulnerable.

Ecological disasters have frequently been the precursors of major social upheavals across Africa, writes analyst Jim Sanders. 

As Mandela supporters send their prayers, politicians are vying for political advantage by proving they have close ties with him.

The two US presidents, in Tanzania together by 'coincidence,' will lay a wreath at the site of a 1998 Al Qaeda bombing of the US embassy.

With Obama in South Africa, Mandela's family has said a private visit between the two men might be meaningful for the South African leader.

In a new documentary, the Zimbabwean president says that Mandela 'was too much of a saint' and takes the famous South African to task for not doing enough for the black majority.