Southern Africa

The Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema has appointed Chipokota-Mayamba Mwanawasa as Special Assistant for public policy. Chipokota Mwanawasa, daughter of 3rd Zambian Republican president Levy Mwanawasa and politician and lawyer Maureen Mwanawasa has been appointed as Mr Hichilema’s Special Assistant for public Policy. https://twitter.com/HHichilema/status/1451635411357507591?s=20 Ms Chipokota-Mayamba holds a MSc In Public …

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation, led by a former South African minister, is due to meet with King Mswati III there, after violent protests in recent days in Eswatini. According to civil society, at least seven people were killed this Wednesday, October 20, 2021 during a demonstration against …

More than 700,000 people have been displaced by the worst floods to hit South Sudan in decades, according to figures by the United Nations. At least 40 people have died across the country as heavy rains and flash floods destroy livestock, farmlands and homes. Some of those who have fled …

A nurses union in ESwatini accused security forces of shooting and injuring at least 30 of its members who were in the streets protesting for democracy on Wednesday. The Swaziland Democratic Nurses Union said nurses and other workers demonstrating in the main city, Mbabane, were met with what it called …

South Africa’s health products regulator, Sahpra, has withheld approval for Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine over concerns that it could increase the risk of HIV infection among men. The decision was based on two earlier studies that tested the safety of a modified form of adenovirus contained in the Russian …

South African and US law enforcement agencies have arrested at least six members of the Nigerian Black Axe mafia syndicate in Cape Town, TimesLive news website reports. Six members of the mafia group, believed to be behind hundreds of thousands of “romance scams”, were reportedly arrested in a raid in …

UN Special Rapporteur Alena Douhan has arrived in Zimbabwe to assess the impact of sanctions imposed on the country by the US and European Union. The sanctions were imposed in 2002 when Robert Mugabe was president. They target companies and specific individuals both within the Zimbabwean government and those associated …

Southern African Development Community (SADC) troops rescued forty-seven people who had been kidnapped in northern Mozambique by Islamists. There was no confrontation between SADC troops and the Islamic State-linked militants, because the five hostage-takers fled when they realised the presence of the regional force, reports say. Read also: Cambridge to …

Government in Zimbabwe, in a circular, announced that it will bar unvaccinated civil workers from reporting for duty from Monday as part of efforts to fight COVID-19. The Zimbabwean government on Thursday said civilian workers should be fully immunized before returning to work on Monday. “Please note that members who …

A special unit of the South African army rescued two ministers and a deputy, after they were taken hostage by war veterans demanding reparations for their role in the fight against the apartheid government. The Liberation Struggle War Veterans, from the disbanded ANC military wing, are demanding a one-off payment …