Southern Africa

The Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi on Thursday appointed Adriano Afonso Maleiane as the new prime minister, shortly after sacking six ministers as part of a cabinet reshuffle. Adriano Afonso Maleiane now replaces former Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário. The president also named Ernesto Max Tonela as the Minister of …

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi has sacked six government ministers, including the finance minister, in what we call a major reshuffle. Besides the Minister of Finance, President Nyusi also sacked the Ministers of Mineral Resources and Energy, Sea, Inland Waters and Fisheries and Public Works, Housing and Water. The reasons for …

The Zimbabwean government has evacuated 118 students from Ukraine to neighbouring countries, state-owned Herald website reports. The students have been relocated to Romania (28), Hungary (15), Slovakia (26) and Poland (49) with the help of the country’s embassies in Russia and Germany. “They will be provided with air tickets to …

The South African ambassador to Ukraine fled the capital, Kyiv, as a Russian armored convoy heads for the city and condemned discrimination against black people in the country, the BBC reports. Andre Groenewald said explosions could be heard in the distance as he packed the car to leave on Wednesday …

Mozambique’s publicly-owned Electricity Company (EDM) has signed a new contract to supply power to the Kingdom of Eswatini, local media reported. The contract will last for 17 months and provides for EDM to supply 20 megawatts of power, which could be revised depending on the needs of Eswatini Electricity Company …

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is angry with his Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor after the Foreign Office issued a statement calling for Russia’s immediate withdrawal from Ukraine, local media reported. News 24 reported (paywall) that Ms Pandor “raised the ire” of Mr Ramaphosa after her department issued a statement calling …

A group of gunmen attacked supporters of the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party in Zimbabwe, killing one and injuring several others on Sunday, local media reported. Using spears, machetes, iron bars and stones, the attackers injured opposition activists during the rally in Kwekwe, central Zimbabwe. “Armed men stabbed …

The World Food Program (WFP) on Thursday held a meeting with local officials in Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado province over food aid recipients who accused community leaders involved in the relief distribution of demanding sexual favors . The head of the UN agency in Mozambique, Maurício Bortee, expressed concern about the …

At least 11 people have died and almost 2,700 have been left homeless due to flooding in the past week in Mozambique, relief authorities have said. The floods were caused by intense rains across the country due to Tropical Storm Dumako between February 15 and 22. The provinces worsely hit …

Operator TotalEnergies has made a significant discovery of light oil and associated gas off the coast of Namibia, the company said on Thursday. Two sources earlier told Reuters about the large discovery in the Venus-X1 well, the second recent offshore discovery for the southern African country that has ambitions to …