Southern Africa

Several newspapers in Mozambique report that five members of a family have been hacked to death by suspected jihadists while making a sugar cane-based brew in a village in the north. The five lived in a camp for people displaced by the insurgency in Cabo Delgado province, and were surprised …

Zimbabwean police are investigating the murder of a mine manager and the theft of 20 tonnes of gold, the government newspaper Herald reports. The newspaper also reports that explosives were allegedly stolen from the mine in the Saruwe region in Mashonaland West. Read also: Cameroon: at least 10 special soldiers …

South Africa’s top court on Friday dismissed a bid by former president Jacob Zuma to overturn his 15-month jail sentence for contempt of court after he ignored instructions to participate in a corruption inquiry. Former president Zuma, recuperating in hospital after surgery for an undisclosed illness, asked the court in …

The South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the public to nominate the next justice chief as Mogoeng Mogoeng tenure ends next month. President Ramaphosa said this decision aims to “further deepen public confidence in the independence and integrity of the judiciary”. In a statement, the president’s cabinet said …

Zimbabwean authorities have ruled that all civil workers who have not been vaccinated against covid-19 be expelled from work with immediate effect. According to the Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa, the government had given its workers “ample time” to get Covid-19 vaccines. It’s not clear how many civil servants are affected …

According to data from the Mozambican Ministry of Health, coronavirus cases have dropped considerably during these first two weeks of September. In the first 13 days of the month, there were 2,943 new cases of Covid-19 and 107 hospital admissions, a big drop from the 15,385 cases and 542 admissions …

In a televised address, the South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the easing of some restrictions that have been in place to curb the spread of coronavirus. Cyril Ramaphosa said due to a decline in infections an overnight curfew would be shortened, alcohol restrictions would be eased and larger …

A magistrate in Zimbabwe has said that the body of former President Robert Mugabe can be exhumed after a traditional leader said that his burial had violated cultural practices, BBC News reports. Robert Mugabe who died in 2019, was buried in a courtyard of his family homestead. But after a …

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked the country’s foreign affairs minister Beatrice Khamisa Wani Noah. Her dismissal was announced in a presidential decree read on the national broadcaster SSBC on Thursday night. No reasons were given for her removal from office. She has been replaced with Mayiik Ayii Deng, …

Mozambican police seized about $ 16,000 in counterfeit banknotes which investigators say were fabricated by a regional union specializing in printing counterfeit currency. Police said they had arrested two Angolans, and arrest warrants for other suspects would be issued. “Mozambican, Angolan and South African nationals were suspected to be part …