The Cabo Delgado crisis created opportunities for local, regional and international players. Government has been accused of making plans for the people without talking to them in the Reconstruction Plan. Aid should be centred on training and creating jobs for locals to be directly involved in the rebuilding exercise, says an academic. The conflict and upcoming…
A donor conference organized in Geneva has raised $1.39 billion for the Horn of Africa, where an ongoing drought threatens millions of people with severe food insecurity, the UN announced Tuesday. The money raised will go towards humanitarian and development projects in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, as the region experiences its “worst drought in 40…
HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest tobacco grower and one of the world’s top exporters of the nicotine leaf, has opened its selling season for the crop amid pledges to fight deforestation and child labor in response to pressure from rights groups, environmentalists and international buyers. Tobacco is on a rebound in this southern…
Mali on Tuesday accused the French army of “spying” and “subversion” when it used a drone to film what France alleged was mercenaries burying bodies near a military base. The drone “illegally” flew over the Gossi base on April 20, the day after French forces handed the site back to Mali, the junta said in a statement. The following day,…
The remains of Nigeria’s oil-refinery victims were interred on Tuesday. If the majority of the charred bodies had been carried away and laid to rest by families early on, just about 50 were buried in mass graves. The explosion that occurred on Friday between the southern oil states of Rivers and Imo, killed over a…
A Rwandan opposition lawmaker slammed the Rwanda-UK asylum seekers deal arguing it could create budget difficulties and destabilize the society in the long run. Frank Habineza, a Rwandan opposition lawmaker has criticised Britain’s decision to send asylum seekers to his home country. He is one of the rare critical voices on the matter in the…
Umgeni Water has sent a strong warning to eThekwini residents to avoid drinking water that is coming out of broken water pipes following the devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal. The bulk water supplier has advised residents to boil water before consuming it as it may be contaminated. Last week’s floods caused extensive damage to water infrastructure in the province resulting…
The Basic Education Department says it is doing everything possible to ensure that students at schools in KwaZulu-Natal that were damaged by the recent floods can resume classes as soon as possible. It is unclear when students from more than 60 schools in KwaZulu-Natal will return to school. This is due to the schools being inaccessible despite…
The Western Cape High Court sitting in Cape Town will hear an urgent application that the Public Protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has brought, to prevent Parliament from starting the impeachment process to remove her. Both President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Speaker of the National Assembly Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula are the respondents in the court case. Mkhwebane wants the court to…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s health authorities have declared a new Ebola virus outbreak in Equateur Province on Monday – its third since 2018. With help from the World Health Organization, it has identified more than 100 contact cases. WHO says those who came into contact with the 31-year-old man from Mbandaka are being closely monitored;…