Cape Town, South Africa, January 11, 2019/ — The Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee on Police, Mr Francois Beukman, has condemned in the strongest terms the killing of a South African Police Officer and the wounding of another one in Koffiefontein, in the Free State.
New York, United States of America, January 11, 2019/ — Nigerian authorities should rigorously investigate violence at a political rally in Lagos on January 8, during which at least three journalists were injured by gunfire, and ensure the safety of reporters covering political events, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.
January 7, 2019//-Two soldiers who took part in Monday’s attempted coup in Gabon have been killed, the president’s office says.
Berlin, Germany, January 3, 2019/ — South Africa today officially assumed its seat as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) for the period 2019-2020.
January 3, 2019//-Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa cut short his annual vacation Wednesday to try to resolve an impasse with doctors who have been on strike for a month, a government spokesman said.
January 2, 2019//-In our series of letters from African journalists, media and communications trainer Joseph Warungu writes about what he will be looking out for in 2019.
December 31, 2018//-Elections should usher in change, but in too many cases they highlight how entrenched political shortcomings are in contemporary African democracies.
US President Donald Trump (L) and national security adviser John R. Bolton (R) Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock John J Stremlau, University of the Witwatersrand December 22, 2018//-US President Donald Trump has finally approved a “New Africa Strategy”. His national security adviser, John Bolton, described the contents on 13 December at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington.
Bangui, Central African Republic, December 18, 2018/ — The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS) that enables aid workers to deploy to reach tens of thousands of people in need in the Central African Republic (CAR) is at risk of shutting down due to a shortage of funds, the World Food Programme (WFP) that manages […]
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, December 11, 2018/ — “In a turbulent and unpredictable world where multilateralism is under threat, we need stronger collaboration in support of the 2030 and 2063 agendas,” said Vera Songwe, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) Ms. Songwe urged UN agencies to rally behind ongoing continental initiatives aimed at […]
