It's hard to stand up for the oppressed while riding in a limousine, but the ANC's leaders are doing their very best, writes Chris McGreal in Polokwane

The ANC has voted for a new leader at last - and even President Thabo Mbeki's friends fear the writing is on the wall for their man, writes Chris McGreal in Polokwane

The ANC is not known for its fondness of multinationals but it has made an exception on a grand scale in the case of BAE, writes Chris McGreal

The furore surrounding Thabo Mbeki's sacking of the director of public prosecutions threatens to engulf the ANC, writes Chris McGreal.

In the 15 years since Chris McGreal first visited, Goma has experienced looting, corruption, invasion, civil war and was half destroyed by a volcano. It is now in the midst of a property boom.

Women in Zimbabwe live an average of 34 years and men manage just three years more, half of the life expectancy of little more than a decade ago.

Chris McGreal on Nigeria's coast, which supplies the country with 90% of its foreign earnings, yet for years its wealth has been siphoned off by the government and oil companies.

Rwanda's civil war saw 800,000 Tutsis slaughtered by the Hutus - armed and supported by France. Now, 13 years later, is Paris once again meddling in the country's affairs? By Chris McGreal.