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Zimbabwe detains NY Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo over alleged accredi...

May 30, 2021 no comments

NEW YORK – PRN Africa — Zimbabwean authorities should immediately release New York Times freelancer Jeffrey Moyo and drop baseless charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalist...

Why Zambia’s upcoming poll risks tipping the balance against dem...

May 8, 2021 no comments

Nicole Beardsworth, University of Warwick Zambia is one of the fastest eroding democracies in the world. This is according to the Varieties of Democracy Project (V-dem), one of the most trusted sourc...

Risks and rewards for South African president as he takes the stand at...

April 28, 2021 no comments

Richard Calland, University of Cape Town President Cyril Ramaphosa’s decision to appear before the Zondo Commission of inquiry into corruption in South Africa comes at a delicate time. A great deal h...

Precarious power tilts towards Ramaphosa in battle inside South Africa...

April 21, 2021 no comments

Susan Booysen, University of the Witwatersrand It appears, for the moment, that South African president Cyril Ramaphosa has won a key battle in the war for control of the governing African National C...

Why South Africa’s HIV prevention programmes should include sex ...

March 29, 2021 no comments

Monique Huysamen, Manchester Metropolitan University and Marlise Richter, University of the Witwatersrand There are around 150,000 sex workers in South Africa. The National Strategic Plan on HIV iden...

OPEC congratulates Mozambique President Filipe Nyusi for his African E...

March 27, 2021 no comments

Under President Nyusi’s leadership, Mozambique emerged in 2020 as the leading destination for investment in Africa JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 18, 2021/ — Organization of the Petroleum Ex...

Urgent International support needed to support the Government of Mozam...

March 27, 2021 no comments

The African Energy Chamber is encouraged by the response of the President Nyusi and the Mozambique government JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, March 26, 2021/ — By NJ Ayuk, Executive Chairman, Afric...

Beer, politics and identity — the chequered history behind Namib...

March 26, 2021 no comments

Paul Nugent, University of Edinburgh A concise history of the beer industry in Namibia written by history scholar Tycho Van der Hoog begins with the pithy observation by American singer-songwriter Fr...

A close look at how the net has tightened on the right to protest in S...

March 26, 2021 no comments

Jane Duncan, University of Johannesburg South Africa’s public order policing is as ill as it ever was. This has been illustrated in recent student protests spreading across the country’s campuses. In...

Mozambique: Cabo Delgado displacement could reach 1 million, UN offici...

March 26, 2021 no comments

NEW YORK, – PRN Africa — Assistant High Commissioners Gillian Triggs and Raouf Mazou were fresh from the country, where they heard shocking stories from survivors of a crisis that is unfo...

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