President Ramaphosa gave a speech on January 8 urging South African Voters to vote for him in the ANC election. In his speech, Ramaphosa addressed social problems, specifically rape, that he will work to combat if he is reelected. In 2018, there were about 40,000 reported rapes in South Africa alone, which means about 110 people are raped each day…. Read more »
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged men to unite against rape and sexual assault in the country, calling it a “national crisis”. Women were being raped and killed on a continuous basis and it was time to end gender-based violence, he said. He made his impassioned plea while launching an election manifesto for the governing African National Congress. Some… Read more »
Former Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano has weighed into the ongoing fraud investigation over the loss of $2bn (£1.5bn). Mozambique authorities have named 17 people alleged to be involved in the scandal, including former Finance Minister Manuel Chang. Mr Chang, who is fighting a US extradition request in South Africa where he was arrested in December, denies any wrongdoing. US prosecutors… Read more »
South African authorities have seized 116kg (256 lbs) of illegal rhino horn being smuggled out of the country. The haul of 36 horns and horn fragments, worth about $1.3m (£1m), is believed to be one of the biggest seized in the country in recent years. Customs officials at OR Tambo airport in Johannesburg say it was sniffed out by Lizzy,… Read more »
The defeated opposition candidate in DR Congo’s presidential election has vowed to challenge the result in court. Martin Fayulu told the BBC the people of the nation deserved to know the truth of the election, which he said had led to a “coup”. Another opposition candidate, Felix Tshisekedi, was declared the winner amid accusations of a power-sharing deal with the… Read more »
On January 6, the results for the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo were supposed to be announced. However, on January 6 only 53% of the votes had been counted. This election has been very controversial because the future president can affect the future of the DRC. There have only been four presidents since the Republic of Congo… Read more »
HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwean teachers will strike from Tuesday to press for U.S. dollar salaries as talks with the government failed to bring a breakthrough, a union said, adding pressure on President Emmerson Mnangagwa to contain a runaway currency crisis. Cash shortages have plunged Zimbabwe’s financial system into disarray, threatening social unrest and undermining Mnangagwa’s efforts to win back foreign… Read more »
Voters awaiting the results of last Sunday’s presidential poll in the Democratic Republic of Congo need to be patient, the electoral commission says. So far 53% of votes from the country’s 75,000 polling stations had been counted, the electoral commission chief Corneille Nangaa told journalists. Results had initially been expected this Sunday. The influential Catholic Church, which fielded thousands of… Read more »
Two soldiers who took part in Monday’s attempted coup in Gabon have been killed, the president’s office says. They were shot dead after security officers stormed the national radio building which they had taken over. Three others are under arrest. The junior officers claimed they seized power “to restore democracy” in oil-rich Gabon, where the ailing leader’s family has ruled… Read more »
Nigerian soldiers have raided the main office of the private Daily Trust newspaper and confiscated computers. It follows the arrest of some staff at the newspaper’s office in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency. The Daily Trust says it may be connected with its lead story on Sunday about the military preparing an operation… Read more »