The Houthis change the geopolitics of the Gulf
by LUKE MONTGOMERY ZUNGA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE geopolitics of the Gulf have shifted in Iran’s favour. The Ansarullah Houthis, trained and partly armed by Iran,…
Africa & World
South Africa’s anti-foreigner protests turn violent
Burnt vehicles, looted businesses and rising tensions expose the human cost of South Africa’s immigration crisis by NJABULO MKHIZE in Durban & TINTSWALO BALOYI in…
Africa mining leaders seek growth
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AFRICA’S mining industry is seeking to turn improving commodity prospects into renewed investment as executives, government…
Africa seeks new agrifood investment
from AHMED MOOLAH in Cairo, Egypt Egypt Bureau CAIRO, (CAJ News) – TWENTY African countries are preparing to present major agrifood investment opportunities to international…
Africa challenges global ratings
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Bureau NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE African Union has launched the continent’s first home-grown credit rating agency, in a move…
Africa’s food investment drive
from AHMED MOOLAH in Cairo, Egypt Egypt Bureau CAIRO, (CAJ News) – AFRICA is preparing to put a record number of national agricultural investment plans before global investors,…
Chivayo death rekindles Zimbabwe health crisis
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE death of prominent Zimbabwean businessman Wicknell Chivayo in a helicopter crash has reignited debate over the state of…
Why Europe is protesting
from LOUISE MOREAU in Paris & LEON SCHNEIDER in Berlin Special contributors PARIS, (CAJ News) – FRANCE has seen the unrest. More than 266,000 people demonstrated on…
Bozell crosses diplomatic line
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – ONE wonders why the United States Ambassador to South Africa, Leo Brent Bozell, keeps poking his nose into the domestic affairs of…
Ebola disrupts DR Congo schooling
from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRC DRC Bureau KINSHASA, (CAJ News) – HUNDREDS of thousands of children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are having their…