Namibia

A gloomy economic outlook will see a number of unpopular leaders under pressure to announce exit plans

Politically popular draft legislation aiming to boost wealth distribution may harm the business environment

Mining companies' capital bases have deteriorated; they are likely neither to be acquirers nor acquired

Weaker growth in emerging countries clouds the outlook for zinc demand

South Africa's effective cross-subsidisation of its neighbours appears increasingly unsustainable

The president has defused the threat of land invasion from activists, suggesting policy pragmatism ahead

Crop-destroying floods and droughts are raising hunger levels in food-insecure Southern Africa

While the president-elect's majority allows him to carry through his policy aims, he will still seek to co-opt rivals