Mozambican railroad loses 290K Euros in robberies in five months
The company Portos e Caminhos de Ferro de Moçambique (CFM) recorded losses of over 20 million meticais (290 thousand euros) due to theft and vandalism […]
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwean President promises “free and fair” presidential election
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, accused of stepping up a crackdown on any dissenting voices in the run-up to this year’s presidential election, promised a “free […]
Mozambique will vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people against cholera
The Mozambican government and the World Health Organization (WHO) started, end of last week, the deployment of rehydration and cholera vaccination posts in the districts […]
Zimbabwe: Mining activities cause a classroom to collapse, 17 injured
A classroom collapsed Thursday in Zimbabwe, injuring at least 17 students, authorities said, blaming the accident on illegal mining activities. The elementary school in Kwekwe, […]
South Africa: one death from cholera, a first in 15 years
A 24-year-old man has died of cholera in South Africa despite the fact that the country has not had a death linked to the infectious […]
Zimbabwe: UN experts call for rejection of law restricting NGOs
UN experts on Tuesday urged Zimbabwe’s president to reject a law that “severely restricts” freedoms by placing NGOs under government control and under heavy sanctions, […]
Zimbabwe: Police arrest 25 opposition members including MPs
In Zimbabwe, police fired tear gas at an opposition party meeting and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition […]
Equatorial Guinea: Teodoro Obiang invested for a sixth term
Equatorial Guinea’s President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, who holds the world record for longevity in power for a living head of state other than a […]
Harare, the most expensive city in Africa in 2022
In a report on the cost of living, The Economist magazine reveals the cities where the cost of living is the highest, and those where […]
Zimbabwe sends its first nanosatellite into space
Zimbabwe, a southern African country in great economic difficulty, announced Monday the sending into space of the first satellite in its history. “History is making […]