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…
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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…
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…
Residents provide homes to Boko Haram terrorists
from AHMED OBAFEMI in Maiduguri, Nigeria MAIDUGURI, (CAJ News) – THE Nigerian military has warned residents against keeping in their homes Boko Haram terrorists fleeing…
Journalists flee to SA after Cameroon crackdowns
from ROSY SADOU in Yaoundé, Cameroon Cameroon Bureau YAOUNDE, (CAJ News) – SOME Cameroonian journalists have sought refuge in Nigeria and South Africa after fleeing a…
Africa Centre secures $25 million to sustain vision
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE Africa Center has received a major financial boost after philanthropists and business leaders donated US$25 million to…