Fri 18 September 2020: Revised Botswana Land Policy of 2019 now gives married women right to apply for land ownership, says President Masisi For the first time married women in Botswana will be able to own land, the president of the Southern African country has announced. “The Revised Botswana Land Policy of 2019 now gives […]
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Fri 18 September 2020: Traders, exporters legally registered in DRC, Rwanda, Uganda ‘operating without apparent fear of sanction’ YAOUNDE, Cameroon – Illicit gold trade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continues to thrive, despite efforts to clean up the sector, a report said Thursday. The report by IMPACT, a global independent natural resources watchdog, […]
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Thu 17 September 2020: Democratic Republic of Congo has been rocked by violence for several decades YAOUNDE, Cameroon – About 70 armed groups active in South Kivu, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), have pledged to end hostilities in areas under their control, local media reported on Thursday. The announcement came on Wednesday at the […]
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Thu 17 September 2020: Despite the failings and weakness of the government he led, al-Sarraj has been seen as a moderate with whom international players, were comfortable dealing Fayez al-Sarraj, the head of Libya’s internationally-recognised government, has said he wants to quit by the end of October and hand over power to a new executive […]
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Thu 17 September 2020: New citizens descend from Ottoman scholar Abu Bakr Effendi PRETORIA, South Africa – There was jubilation at the Turkish Embassy in South Africa on Wednesday when some Ottoman-origin residents received citizenship. Descendants of the late Ottoman scholar Abu Bakr Effendi collected their Turkish identity cards and passports. “I’m particularly honored to […]
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Thu 17 September 2020: JOHANNESBURG – South Africa announced late Wednesday that it will begin easing restrictions on international travel from Oct. 1 amid a decline in coronavirus cases in the continent’s most affected country. “We will gradually and cautiously ease restrictions on international travel, allowing travel into and out of South Africa for business, […]
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Thu 17 September 2020: It was Uganda’s third prisoner escape since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in March At least 219 inmates escaped from a prison in northeastern Uganda, local media reported Thursday. The inmates escaped late on Wednesday from a jail in Karamoja, a remote, semi-arid northeastern region, said the spokeswoman, Brigadier Flavia Byekwaso. Before fleeing, they […]
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Wed 16 September 2020: Coronavirus infections now over 1.36M, death toll has crossed 33,000, says Africa CDC ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia – The number of recoveries from COVID-19 in Africa is now over 1.11 million, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said in an update on Wednesday. According to the latest data, a total […]
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Tue 15 September 2020: The campaign follows the moral call against COVID-19 corruption issued on August 7 this year, by the group of six organisations The South African Council of Churches (SACC) hosted a silent protest against COVID-19 corruption outside St George’s Cathedral in Cape Town on Tuesday, September 15. Church leaders, who gathered for […]
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Tue 15 September 2020: About 15 people have died in violence since Ouattara, 78, announced last month that he would run for a third term. Ivory Coast’s top court on Monday cleared the path for President Alassane Ouattara to seek a contentious third term, as protests turned violent in several cities and fears grew of […]
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