With a critical mass of thousands of educated graduates and rising unemployment, amid the wide exposure to the ideas of liberal democracy, it is becoming an uphill task to maintain absolute monarchism in Eswatini, writes Hlengiwe Portia Dlamini. The Kingdom of Eswatini, the small, landlocked southern African country that shares borders with South Africa and Mozambique,…
China’s international Covid-19 vaccine programme is a form of aid to cement diplomatic ties with recipients, a new report claims. 50% of global vaccine exports are from China. South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Senegal and Rwanda are set to increase their Covid-19 vaccine rollout campaign because of production capacity. China has won the Covid-19 vaccine diplomacy…
Nigeria is planning to give cash handouts to the poor, that may cost the government 2.4 trillion naira a year (R96 billion) in a bid to replace fuel subsides. The government will give 5,000 naira (R192) each to as many as 40 million people every month, beginning from July when fuel subsidies end. A new…
Call comes with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed reportedly on the front lines and men flocking to join military. United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an immediate end to the fighting in Ethiopia, as the United States warned there was “no military solution” to the African nation’s civil war. The calls came as Ethiopian…
At least five people have been killed after a large explosion rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu, witnesses and officials have said. The blast in the early hours on Thursday near the K4 junction in the heart of the city triggered a plume of smoke, witnesses said, adding that they heard sounds of gunfire. “So far…
Residents of Conakry, Guinea’s capital are seeking justice in the death of 25-year-old secretarial graduate M’Mah Sylla who died through an alleged rape by pseudo-doctors at a private clinic in the city. On Wednesday November 24 More than a hundred residents of the Enta neighborhood gathered in one of the small cemeteries in this popular…