Trade Minister, Dorcus Makgato-Malesu, has told Francistown councillors that in order for Botswana to survive economically in a competitive world, the country has to diversify the economy....
Indications that Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe will unilaterally re-appoint key military allies when their contracts expire at the end of the month has fanned fresh dispute in the country's troubled unity government....
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan has challenged the violent Islamist Boko Haram sect to identify themselves and state clearly their demands as a basis for talks, while acknowledging that military confrontation alone will not end their insurgency....