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KWAMPUNGOSE, South Africa — As a child, Nike Dlamini grew up under a rule: If anything happened in the family or the village, you went straight to the head man. Quarrels, problems, births ...

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Thousands of Ugandans flocked to the hilltop palace of Africa's youngest tribal ruler, for two days of noisy parties marking a decade in power for the 13-year-old boy king.

The founder and chairman of Irish green power developer Mainstream Renewable Power resigned after comments last week that Africa’s energy transition was being held back by a lack of education in ...

Deaths have risen to 20 in two days of tribal fighting in the Moutse area over the South African government’s plan to place Moutse’s population of 120,000 under the rule of a rival tribe ...

A criminal witchcraft trial in Mpumalanga has exposed a local tribal authority, which is government-funded, for organising witch sniffing ceremonies. South Africa: Tribal Authority Organises ...

This is a guest post by Laura Dimon. Laura is the Africa program intern at the Council on Foreign Relations. On June 16, the New York Times reported on the role of tribal courts in South Africa ...