Over 900 drown in sea trips to Europe
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – AT least 913 people, mostly African migrants and refugees, have died or gone missing in the Mediterranean Sea on their…
September 2019
Nigeria convicts Facebook hackers for fraud
from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS, (CAJ News) – NIGERIAN authorities have sentenced six individuals to one year imprisonment each for internet fraud via the social…
‘Xenophobia is worse than apartheid and racism’
from OKORO CHINEDU in Lagos, Nigeria LAGOS, (CAJ News) – SOME Nigerian widows have denounced the xenophobic attacks in South Africa as being worse than apartheid and racism.…
5G projected to spur smartphone sales revival
MTHULISI SIBANDA Africa Editor JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE advent of the fifth generation of mobile networks (5G) is projected, from next year, to curb the decline in global…
North Africa building a vibrant digital economy
SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – GOVERNMENT and the private sector are promoting the digital economy and the building of an efficient technological ecosystem in North…
Checkers Hyper opens landmark enviro-friendly outlet
AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – CHECKERS Hyper, the retailer, has unveiled its first facility fully complying with guidelines to preserve wilderness and reduce human…
Kenya’s most popular smartphone revealed
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE Neon has emerged the most popular and affordable smartphone in Kenya, according to a leading mobile network…
Dialogue with terrorists a quandary to Mozambique government
from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique Mozambique Bureau MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – THE possibility of the Mozambican government negotiating with perpetrators of the terror…
Frightening spate of Rwanda opposition members’ killings
from PHYLLIS BIRORI in Kigali, Rwanda Rwanda Bureau KIGALI, (CAJ News) – THE murder of a top opposition party official in Rwanda is the most recent in a series of killings of…
COMMODITIES: Private traders scuttle SADC maize reserves procurement
MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare / TINTSWALO BALOYI in Johannesburg Africa Bureau HARARE, (CAJ News) – FOOD reserve agencies in some Southern African countries might fail to…