Spate of kidnappings escalating in Libya
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – REBEL groups have unleashed a spate of abductions and perpetrated enforced disappearances as processes to restore peace…
Africa & World
Botswana announces drastic measures against coronavirus
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE, (CAJ News) – AUTHORITIES have recommended that French citizens should leave Botswana as part of measures to counter the…
Nigeria spiritual fraudsters arrested
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – NIGERIA’S anti-corruption agency has arrested a man and his two sons for alleged spiritual fraud after they…
SA finds Middle East a prosperous market for mutton
from DION HENRICK in Cape Town, South Africa CAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa has unearthed a lucrative export market following the significant demand for mutton in the…
Botswana augments plan to be regional energy powerhouse
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana GABORONE, (CAJ News) – A FEASIBILITY study of a power plant that will generate up to 100 megawatts of electricity from indigenous coal…
COVID-19 spoils record year for SADC citrus sector
by MTHULISI SIBANDA Africa Editor JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE emergence of Europe as the epicentre of the raging coronavirus (COVID-19) has put a dent in a record year for…
Mixed reactions to COVID-19 ‘punishment’ on America
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – COMMENTS by a cabinet minister and chairperson of the ruling party that the coronavirus (COVID-19) was God’s…
Tanzania comes of age as rivals endorse Magufuli
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania DAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) – THE unprecedented decision by an opposition party to endorse a leader of a rival party is an…
Hundreds missing after detention in Libya
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – THERE is alarm over the 600 migrants that have been declared missing in a Libyan detention centre following their rescue…
New Zambia-Zimbabwe border to increase trade, unity
from NDABENI MLOTSHWA in Binga, Zimbabwe BINGA, (CAJ News) – THE opening of a new border post between Zambia and Zimbabwe is set to increase trade and tourism as well as promote…