Zambia braces for high-stakes general election
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Bureau LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – EXCEPT for previous, short-lived military mutinies or failed coup attempts, the Zambian defence…
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Zimbabweans and South Africans being separated by paper reactionaries
by LUKE ZUNGA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – “AT night on 31 July 1967, some 80 guerrillas from Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) crossed…
SADC deploys election observer mission to Zambia
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Bureau LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – THE Southern African Development Community (SADC) has officially launched its Election Observation…
Zambia latest suspect in cross-border electoral fraud
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Bureau LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – ALLEGATIONS that another ruling party in Southern Africa is bringing foreign nationals into the country…
Nigeria envoy faces SA test
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja & TINTSWALO BALOYI in Johannesburg Africa Bureau ABUJA, (CAJ News) – IT remains to be seen whether Nigeria’s incoming High Commissioner to…
Marandi rejects Trump claims
from AZADEH AKBAR in Tehran, Iran Special contributor TEHRAN, (CAJ News) – RENOWNED academic, intellectual and political analyst, Professor Mohammad Marandi of Tehran…
CWZ demands arrest of MPs, ministers over Mnangagwa term extension
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – CITIZENS Watch Zimbabwe (CWZ) has called for the arrest of government officials and ruling party legislators it accuses of…
Chinese envoy urges self-reflection
from WILL COOPER in New York, USA Special contributor NEW YORK, (CAJ News) – COMMENTS by China’s Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Geng Shuang, have…
Opposition-aligned artists assaulted in Zambia election runup
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, Zambia Zambia Bureau LUSAKA, (CAJ News) – A WAR of words and violence is escalating between the rival parties ahead of the August 13 elections…
Sachs: Negotiation by assassination
from AZADEH AKBAR in Tehran, Iran Special contributor TEHRAN, (CAJ News) – ECONOMOST Professor Jeffrey Sachs has delivered a blistering critique of United States policy…