COVID-19 Imposed Lockdown Effects, Dwindling Incomes And Child Labor In Zimbabwe
Zimunya, Zimbabwe — The October sun is blazing hot in Zimunya, about 56 kilometers southwest of Mutare. Johnson Muranda (11) is resting on his pickaxe inside a mining pit.
Muranda has...
Poverty ravages Southern Africa’s aging population
LILONGWE, Malawi — At the age of 94, Malawi’s widower Kenneth Banda resides alone at his aging rural home — a thatched kitchen hut and a two-roomed house roofed...
Outspoken Tanzanian Lawyer, Banned For Malpractice
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Dar es Salaam, October 8 — Tanzania’s ruling party—Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the government have come under strong criticism for allegedly attacking citizens’ rights and processes necessary to...
Landslide Victory For Opposition In Malawi’s Presidential Polls Re-run
Blantyre, June 28 — The opposition party has won fresh presidential election in Malawi, with a promise to root out corruption, describing it as the ‘biggest disease’ Malawi has...
Kenyan Blood Banks Run Dry Amid COVID-19
Kericho, May 14 — It’s mid-morning and Mary Moraa and her sister sit at the reception to the Kericho Blood Transfusion Center at the Kericho County Referral Hospital in...
Villagers Recount Horror As Terrorists Embark On Shooting Rampage In Tanzania
Mtwara, Tanzania — Tanzanian villagers who watched in horror their loved ones shot at point-blank while others including children kidnapped have spoken about their horrifying ordeal carried out by...
Perception May Be Trumping Reason As Tensions Build Around Nigerian Retailers In Ghana
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Uganda Elections: Bobi Wine Withdraws Election Petition Against Museveni
Uganda’s youthful musician turned opposition politician, Robert Kyagulanyi has ended his long shot suit aiming to overturn President Yoweri Museveni’s disputed victory in the January 14 election, clearing the...
Zimbabwe Hit By Sixty COVID-19 Deaths In 24 Hours
Harare — Zimbabwe was on Monday hit by 60 COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours, this at a time the country has lost a total of 773 people since the first...
South Africa’s Violence Shows It Is Just Another African Country
The South African government on July 14 confirmed it was deploying 25,000 troops in its two provinces, KwaZulu Natal and Gauteng, after police failed to quell violence and looting...
Family Demanding Answers Six Years After Disappearance Of Scribe
Harare, Zimbabwe — Six years after the disappearance of Zimbabwean journalist Itai Dzamara, his wife Sheffra is still demanding answers about his whereabouts from the authorities of this country’s regime.
On...
Zimbabwe Farmers Embrace Conservation Agriculture To Beat Effects Of Climate Change
Marange, Zimbabwe — It is a windy day in Marange, Chanakira village. Small clouds scuddle the blue sky giving it a blurred look. About 110 kilometers southwest of Mutare, Norah...
Ghana President Akufo-Addo Wins Reelection As Opposition Rejects Results
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has won reelection in the West African country’s eighth straight democratic election.
Akufo-Addo of the center-right New Patriotic Party obtained 51.3% of the vote in the...
Tanzania’s Accidental Journalist To Serve One Year Suspended Sentence
Dar es Salaam — A Tanzanian court on Tuesday, November 17 sentenced a well-known media entrepreneur to one year suspended sentence after he was found guilty of obstructing police...
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s Son Eyes 2026 Election Challenge
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the eldest son of Uganda’s long-serving autocratic leader, is set to contest in the 2026 presidential election in a gambit that could potentially see the military officer...
Feared Zimbabwe Regime Dishes TV Broadcasting Licenses
Harare — In a move that has been taken with a pinch of salt by local pro-democracy activists, the Zimbabwean regime on November 20 announced that it had dished out...
China’s Appetite For Furniture Depletes Africa’s Rosewood Trees
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania — China’s insatiable appetite for rosewood tree species is still driving illegal deforestation in Tanzania and elsewhere in Africa, killing forests and sowing civil strife,...
Escalating Discrimination Against People With Albinism In Zimbabwe
Mberengwa — As a teacher, she has had very few associates. Back home, visiting relatives whisper behind her back apparently disgusted by her condition of albinism. Now, 43-year old Lindani...
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