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The governing ZANU PF party in Zimbabwe has hit back at the SADC Head of Mission, Nevers Mumba, who said the Zimbabwe El...
26/08/2023

The governing ZANU PF party in Zimbabwe has hit back at the SADC Head of Mission, Nevers Mumba, who said the Zimbabwe Electoral Management Body fell short of the Zimbabwe Constitutional obligations and the Electoral Act including the SADC principles in the elections.

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will next month visit Eswatini, its only African ally and one of the only 13 countries tha...
26/08/2023

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen will next month visit Eswatini, its only African ally and one of the only 13 countries that recognises it as a state. She is set to attend King Mswati III birthday party.

A Libyan court has jailed 37 people convicted of human trafficking, following the deaths of 11 migrants who drowned in t...
12/07/2023

A Libyan court has jailed 37 people convicted of human trafficking, following the deaths of 11 migrants who drowned in the Mediterranean Sea.

Five members of the criminal gang were sentenced to life in prison. Others received between one and 15 years.

All had been involved in organising an old dilapidated boat that was supposed to take the migrants to Italy.

Eight South African police officers allegedly implicated in the assault of civilians on the side of a Johannesburg motor...
12/07/2023

Eight South African police officers allegedly implicated in the assault of civilians on the side of a Johannesburg motorway have been suspended.

Earlier this month, the officers, assigned to protect Deputy President Paul Mashatile, were filmed dragging the civilian-clothed, military trainees out of their vehicle and beating them.

One of the men was left unconscious after a kick in the head. It's still unclear what sparked the attack.

Caster Semenya has won an appeal against the international governing body for athletics over testosterone levels.The Eur...
11/07/2023

Caster Semenya has won an appeal against the international governing body for athletics over testosterone levels.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said she had been discriminated against because of a requirement that she artificially reduce her naturally high testosterone levels in order to compete in women's races.

Semenya refused to medically reduce her hormone levels, which led to her being barred from competing at this distance since 2019.

A migrant boat from Senegal has gone missing 71 miles (114km) south of Gran Canaria with around 200 people on board, the...
11/07/2023

A migrant boat from Senegal has gone missing 71 miles (114km) south of Gran Canaria with around 200 people on board, the coast guard said.

The aid group Walking Borders earlier said the fishing boat sailed from a coastal town in southern Senegal that is roughly 1,700km from Tenerife.

The vessel had 200 people on board when it left Kafountine on 27 June, heading for the Canary Islands. Many children were said to be on board.

Joint Somali special forces, backed by foreign troops, are reported to have killed at least 40 members of the al-Qaeda-a...
11/07/2023

Joint Somali special forces, backed by foreign troops, are reported to have killed at least 40 members of the al-Qaeda-allied al-Shabab militant group in recent operations involving ground and air strikes in Somalia’s Lower Jubba.

Gabon's President, Ali Bongo Ondimba has announced that he will seek a third term in office in presidential elections sl...
11/07/2023

Gabon's President, Ali Bongo Ondimba has announced that he will seek a third term in office in presidential elections slated for August.

Ali Bongo took over as president in 2009 from his father Omar Bongo, who had been in power for more than 40years!

Zambian DPP wants Dalitso Lungu’s properties worth millions of Kwacha forfeited!The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP ...
06/07/2023

Zambian DPP wants Dalitso Lungu’s properties worth millions of Kwacha forfeited!

The Director of Public Prosecutions-DPP has made an application before the Lusaka High Court for the forfeiture of properties worth millions of Kwacha, belonging to Dalitso Lungu, the son of former President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu.

In an affidavit sworn before court by Pardon Liuma, an investigative officer, revealed that several vehicles belonging to Dalitso Lungu were abandoned at Ndozo Lodge after the 2021 General Elections.

Mr. Liuma says a total of 48 vehicles were abandoned in different parts of the country valued at over K23 million belonging to Saliod Traders Limited, a company in which Dalitso Lungu is a Director.

Mr. Liuma has also disclosed that Mr. Lungu is facing allegations of tax evasion and having failed to pay tax for three years.

He says properties are therefore liable for forfeiture because they are suspected to be proceeds of crimes.

Somali forces have taken over security responsibilities in five of six sectors where African Union (AU) troops have been...
06/07/2023

Somali forces have taken over security responsibilities in five of six sectors where African Union (AU) troops have been deployed.

The defence ministry said it appreciated the "sacrifices" made by the AU mission and the countries for contributing soldiers.

The High Court in Zimbabwe has thrown out a case against two opposition politicians, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri,...
06/07/2023

The High Court in Zimbabwe has thrown out a case against two opposition politicians, Joana Mamombe and Cecilia Chimbiri, accused of fabricating a story about being abducted, tortured and sexually assaulted while in police custody.

Toxic gas leak in South Africa has killed 16 people, including 3 children. The 16 people, including three children, were...
06/07/2023

Toxic gas leak in South Africa has killed 16 people, including 3 children.

The 16 people, including three children, were killed by a leak of a toxic nitrate gas being used by illegal miners to process gold in a settlement of closely packed metal shacks, South African police and local officials said late Wednesday.

Emergency services initially announced that as many as 24 people might be dead in the Angelo settlement in Boksburg, a city on the eastern outskirts of Johannesburg. But police and Gauteng Province Premier Panyaza Lesufi later said the number of deaths had been confirmed as 16 after a recount of the bodies.

World football governing body, FIFA has announced an investment increase of 300% from the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup fo...
05/07/2023

World football governing body, FIFA has announced an investment increase of 300% from the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup for this year’s tournament kicking off in Australia. It’s also a 700% increase on the 2015 tournament and identical to the men’s tournament held in Qatar last year.

In line with the new funding model, participating member associations are guaranteed $1.56 million each to be used for operational costs and the future development of the game. Each participating player is also guaranteed at least $30 000. The member association of the winning team will receive $4.29 million, while the players will pocket $270 000 each.

Rights group Amnesty International has accused security forces, separatists and ethnic militia of committing “rampant at...
05/07/2023

Rights group Amnesty International has accused security forces, separatists and ethnic militia of committing “rampant atrocities” in Cameroon’s English-speaking heartland, where fighting has been going on since 2017.

Amnesty says human rights violations and other crimes, including executions, torture and r**e, have been committed. The conflict has claimed more than 6,000 lives and forced more than a million people to flee their homes, according to the International Crisis Group.

South Africa’s deputy president has spoken against the violent actions of his police protection staff after video emerge...
05/07/2023

South Africa’s deputy president has spoken against the violent actions of his police protection staff after video emerged of them brutalizing people on a highway in Johannesburg.

The video shows armed officers dragging one man from a car and then stamping on his head until he appeared to lose consciousness.

He said there would be a "thorough investigation".

Meta plans to launch a microblogging app called, days after Twitter’s chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how m...
04/07/2023

Meta plans to launch a microblogging app called, days after Twitter’s chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can view on the social media site.

Senegal President Macky Sall, won’t contest the next presidential election.
04/07/2023

Senegal President Macky Sall, won’t contest the next presidential election.

KING Mswati iii OFFICIALLY OPENED ZAMBIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR SAYS: African Free Trade Area(AfCFTA) requires innovat...
03/07/2023

KING Mswati iii OFFICIALLY OPENED ZAMBIA INTERNATIONAL TRADE FAIR SAYS: African Free Trade Area(AfCFTA) requires innovation, promotes competitiveness.

King Mswati said the opening of free trade opportunities through the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) has challenged the business sector to become highly innovative, competitive, and to be interconnected through trade, Government online platforms have reported.
The King was speaking on Sunday when officially opening the 2023 Zambia International Trade Fair (ZITF) in Ndola, Zambia, he then invited Zambian businesses to attend the Eswatini International Trade Fair to be held in September.
“In our view, liberalisation of trade in services, which also includes the movement of business persons, will be a positive step to allow our private sector, especially SMMEs, to travel on the African continent without any stringent and sometimes prohibitive visa entry requirements and customs duties,” said the King.

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