From ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – ETHIOPIA has been urged to investigate the death of more than 60 people during ethnic tensions gripping the country since the past weekend. The clashes left at least 58 people dead in the ethnically-charged Oromia region. Violence followed the return of exiled leaders […]
By MTHULISI SIBANDA in Cape Town CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – AFRICAN companies are forecast to increase their information technology (IT) budgets next year as digital emerges the leading business priority for local chief information officers (CIOs). According to the annual Gartner 2019 CIO Agenda, whose findings were disclosed in Cape Town, South Africa, CIOs […]
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – CIVIL society and human rights organisations in Zimbabwe have held the government accountable for the death of scores of people from cholera. About 30 people have die following the latest outbreak that erupted at the beginning of September. The Civil Society Health Emergency Response Coordinating […]
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – AT least 444 people have died following a cholera outbreak in Nigeria this year. The latest eruption of the waterborne disease has been reported in the northeastern Borno State, which is also the region worst affected by the Boko Haram terror group. As of this […]
From HASSAN ONYANGO in Kampala, Uganda KAMPALA, (CAJ News) – ABOUT 9 500 refugees have arrived in Uganda from unstable neighbouring countries over the past month. The refugees are from Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Sudan. A majority are from the DRC, where tensions are escalating ahead of elections set for December. […]
