Suspected riot erupts inside a jail in capital Maputo, with some officers denying the incident is linked to post-election unrest. A suspected riot inside a jail in Mozambique’s capital has left at the very least 33 folks lifeless and 15 injured, whereas greater than 1,500 prisoners escaped, authorities mentioned. Police basic commander Bernardino Rafael on…
Constitutional Council validates outcomes of the October polls that prolonged Frelimo get together’s half-century grip on energy. Mozambique’s prime courtroom has confirmed the ruling get together Frelimo’s victory in an October election which sparked huge protests by opposition teams who say the vote was rigged. The Constitutional Council’s Monday ruling is more likely to spark…
The Financial Neighborhood of West African States hopes to make use of this time to persuade the three nations to remain within the bloc. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger can have a six-month grace interval following their exit from the Financial Neighborhood of West African States (ECOWAS), scheduled for January 29, a yr after the…
An investigation into the sudden deaths of at the least 350 elephants in Botswana in 2020 has revealed the trigger was virtually definitely a “poisonous brew” of open water tainted by a species of cyanobacteria that launched cyanotoxins, basically contaminating the elephants’ watering holes. In response to researchers, roughly 20 watering holes in Botswana’s Okavango…
Opposition in search of to upend a long time of governing Swapo dominance urges voters to remain the course and forged ballots. Tensions are mounting in Namibia after a controversial extension of presidential and parliamentary elections into the weekend owing to “irregularities” that slowed down voting. The Electoral Fee of Namibia (ECN) introduced on Friday…
On November 3, Lesedi Mulaudzi, a 10-year-old lady from Alexandra, a sprawling township in Johannesburg, South Africa, handed away from suspected meals poisoning after consuming snacks purchased at a “spaza store” – a kind of casual comfort retailer that emerged in Black communities through the apartheid period. In response to the provincial Gauteng Division of Well…
