SADC warns of El Niño-induced drought affecting 68 mil people in Southern Africa
Around 68 million people, or 17% of the total population, across the Southern African region are suffering from an El Niño-induced drought and are in […]
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UN announces unprecedented levels of hunger in southern Africa
The United Nations World Food Program on Thursday announced that a record 45 million people in the 16-nation Southern African Development Community faced growing hunger. […]
Step Down, Botswana President Tells 92-Year-Old Mugabe
Botswana President Ian Khama on Wednesday said Robert Mugabe should accept the reality of his age and retire. Mugabe should without delay exit the post […]
African States Pool Efforts to Restore Forests
Twenty-four Eastern and Southern Africa countries launched a new drive to enhance efforts to restore forests in the region, on the occasion of the International […]
Zimbabwe secures $200 mln from Afreximbank to import maize
Zimbabwe has secured a $200 million loan from Africa Export and Import Bank (Afreximbank) to import maize in 2016, as 10 percent of the population […]
Some 14 million people face hunger in Southern Africa, WFP
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) on Monday said it is increasingly concerned about food security for an estimated 14 million people in southern […]
Botswana: Rough diamonds exports fall 15 % in 2015
The value of rough diamonds exports from Botswana’s mines fell 15 percent in the first six months of the year 2015 to $1.7 billion, official […]
Zambia: gov’t okays Glencore’s job cuts, but wants due process followed
Zambian President Edgar Lungu is “open” to job cuts at Glencore Plc’s local unit as the company faces low copper prices and rising costs, his […]
Zimbabwe: Mugabe delivers wrong speech to MPs, opposition questions his mental health
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe read out the wrong speech at the opening session of parliament on Tuesday, apparently unaware that he was delivering the same […]
Zimbabwe: IMF forecasts lower growth after exports dropped
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday lowered Zimbabwe’s growth forecast for this year to 1.5 percent from 2.8 percent, blaming lower commodity exports of […]