Countries Mozambique ex-president’s son, ex-spy bosses jailed for 12 years for graft Maputo – A Mozambican court on Wednesday sentenced two ex-spy bosses and the son of a former president to... Read more 8 Dec, 2022
Countries Zambia to impose blackouts over low dam water levels Lusaka – Zambia warned on Friday it would impose nationwide blackouts of up to six hours a day as... Read more 3 Dec, 2022
Angola Angola’s Isabel dos Santos says victim of ‘political persecution’ Lisbon – Angolan tycoon Isabel dos Santos says she is the victim of “political persecution” engineered by President Joao... Read more 1 Dec, 2022
Countries Mozambique re-opens key port in restive gas-rich north Maputo – Mozambique on Tuesday, for the first time in two years, re-opened a key port servicing a multibillion-dollar... Read more 30 Nov, 2022
Countries First Russian fertiliser shipment leaves for Malawi The Hague – A first shipment of Russian fertiliser left the Netherlands on Tuesday bound for Malawi after days... Read more 30 Nov, 2022
Countries Zambian died fighting in Ukraine, admits Wagner Moscow – The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group conceded on Tuesday that a Zambian student he recruited from... Read more 30 Nov, 2022
Countries Comoros ex-president receives life sentence for ‘high treason’ Moroni – A court in the Comoros on Monday handed down a life sentence for high treason to ex-president... Read more 28 Nov, 2022
Countries Namibia pulls down German colonial statue after protests – who was Curt von François? Henning Melber, University of Pretoria Anti-colonial activists in Namibia – calling themselves A Curt Farewell – have scored a... Read more 28 Nov, 2022
Countries UN experts to contribute in Zambian lead poisoning case Johannesburg – A top South African court on Friday granted UN experts a role in proceedings against mining giant... Read more 26 Nov, 2022
Countries UK archbishop decries cruelty of Mozambique insurgency Cape Town – The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby on Thursday said the brutality of the extremist violence in... Read more 26 Nov, 2022