[Four African countries have been tasked by regional governments in the Great Lakes region to form a force of 4,000 troops to fight the M23 rebel group in DR Congo. Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and DR Congo will deploy the force under…

[The election victory was no landslide but the lack of foreign criticism gives Dos Santos enough space to organise a succession on his own terms.The Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola won the general elections with 72% of the vote after spending…