Southern Africa

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has appointed a new cabinet after sacking the previous one on Monday. Curiously, his party’s top officials do not appear in his government. The former cabinet was dissolved on Monday amid a public outcry over corruption, saying he was taking the decision to “confront all forms …

Elephants suspected of killing two people in Metuchira district in the central Mozambican province of Sofala have been killed, local media report. The two pachyderms are reported to have killed the victims at their homes. The National Administration of Conservation Areas (Anac) said it carried out an investigation that identified …

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has declared parts of the country disaster areas, after 19 people were killed in floods caused by tropical storm Ana. The deaths have been reported in at least five districts in southern Malawi, where more than 50 people also suffered various degrees of injuries. Up to …

Mistakes made during childbirth lead to the deaths of more than 100 babies in Zambia every week, Sylvia Masebo, the country’s minister of health, has said. Between 10 to 15 women also die each week due to preventable complications from pregnancy or childbirth, the minister is quoted as saying by …

Relief authorities in Mozambique said at least two people have died and 49 others injured after a storm hit Zambézia province. The tropical storm Ana has been pounding northern and central parts of the country with heavy rains, strong winds, lightning and thunderstorms The national disaster management agency said after …

Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera has sacked his entire cabinet which he has accused of corruption and promised to form a new cabinet in two days. In a televised address to the nation on Monday, the president vowed to “confront all forms of lawless conduct by public officials”. In the aftermath …

Angolans living in the diaspora now have the right to vote and can participate in the general elections scheduled for August 2022, government said. People aged 18 and above have until 31 March to register, and the authorities say they hope to register about 450,000 Angolans spread across the world. …

Health officials in Eswatini announced that at least 10,000 doses of Johnson & Johnson expired vaccine will be destroyed, the Swazi Observer newspaper reports. According to the newspaper, the Johnson & Johnson vaccines expired on Tuesday last week and the country is expecting to receive more vaccines. The health minister …

Mozambican authorities have set up more teams to help search for six missing people after a ship sank in the Zambezi River earlier this week in the western province of Tete, local media reported. The teams are drawn from the national disaster organisation, the maritime administration, marine forces and local …

A Benin-born businessman, Ernest Adjovi has been ordered by a Namibian court to pay back millions in cash paid to him by the government about six years ago to organise a music awards event. The awards founder was to organise the Kora All Africa Music Awards in Namibia in 2016 …