Mon 16 November 2020: The South African government has initiated an extradition process in an effort to retrieve two fugitives, who last week unlawfully left the country for Malawi while facing a criminal trial. In a statement issued on Sunday, the Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) confirmed that the fugitive couple, Shepherd Bushiri and […]
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Mon 16 November 2020: Thousands of Ethiopian refugees have continued pouring into Sudan, escaping a worsening conflict that has spilled over Ethiopia’s borders and threatens to destabilise the wider Horn of Africa region. The United Nations refugee agency said on Sunday that more than 20,000 people have crossed into Sudan from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, […]
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Sun 15 November 2020: Gunmen killed at least 34 people in a “gruesome” attack on a passenger bus in west Ethiopia, a part of the country that has recently seen a spate of deadly assaults on civilians, the national human rights body said Sunday. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said the number of people killed […]
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Sun 15 November 2020: The Azerbaijani Embassy in South Africa hosted several diplomats in the capital Pretoria on Saturday to celebrate the victory in Upper Karabakh. Yamin Jafarov, the charge d’affaires of the Azerbaijan embassy and its current head, invited the Turkish embassy staff, including Turkish ambassador; the ambassadors of Kazakhstan, Georgia and Iraq to […]
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Sun 15 November 2020: Controversial millionaire preacher Shepherd Bushiri, out on bail in South Africa in a case of alleged fraud and money laundering, has fled to his native Malawi. The self-proclaimed prophet is known for his “miracles” and wildly extravagant lifestyle and has made huge investments in the mining, telecommunications and luxury sectors. Bushiri, […]
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Sat 14 November 2020: The pro-independence Polisario Front has reported clashes in the Western Sahara after Morocco launched an operation in the buffer zone in the disputed territory, as the UN led calls for restraint. But senior Polisario official Mohamed Salem Ould Salek said on Saturday that the ceasefire supervised by the United Nations is […]
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Sat 14 November 2020: Employment increased in all industries, except utilities and transport. The industries which gained the more jobs were finance (200 000), community and social services (137 000) and private households (116 000) Unemployment in South Africa has soared to 30.8% in the last three months, the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) for […]
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Sat 14 November 2020: President Cyril Ramaphosa says there is no place for religious intolerance in South Africa. He said this when he responded to oral questions in the National Assembly on Thursday. “There is no place for religious intolerance of any sort in the democratic South Africa. “Our Constitution is clear that no person […]
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Fri 13 November 2020: With a number of African countries struggling with unsustainable debt, Zambia is being closely watched as a test case for how borrowers and creditors might navigate a broader debt crisis. Zambia is on the brink of defaulting on its foreign debt after it missed a payment of more than $40m (£30m) last month. […]
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Fri 13 November 2020: Moscow has revealed a draft agreement with Khartoum on Wednesday that allows for establishing a naval logistics base on the Sudanese coast in the Red Sea. The proposed naval base will be able to accommodate up to 300 soldiers and employees as stipulated in the agreement, in addition to ships equipped […]
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