African scholars flee China as coronavirus scourge deepens
from YAO YUANHUI in Guangzhou, CHINA Special Correspondent GUANGZHOU, (CAJ News) – AFRICAN students are leaving China in droves as the death toll from the coronavirus (COVID-19)…
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Nigeria telcos under investigation for malpractices
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – MOBILE network operators in Nigeria are under probe over the increasing rate of drop calls. The Senate, which has…
Technology forces closure of Zimbabwe banks
from WELLINGTON TONI in Harare, Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Bureau Chief HARARE, (CAJ News) – THE phenomenal increase in mobile transactions in Zimbabwe is forcing banks to shut down…
20 refugees dead in stampede for food aid
from AHMED OBAFEMI in Maiduguri, Nigeria MAIDUGURI, (CAJ News) – THE death of 20 people during a stampede over food and cash aid in Niger is the latest catastrophe in a crisis…
Tongaat Hullet to retrench 5000 workers in Zimbabwe
from KHUMBULANI TARUVANDA in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI, (CAJ News) – ZIMBABWE’S largest sugarcane producer has announced a massive retrenchment exercise, citing the…
Boko Haram destroys infrastructure, forces highway closure
from AHMED OBAFEMI in Maiduguri, Nigeria MAIDUGURI, (CAJ News) – THE attack on electricity lines and attempts to force the closure of a local highway are a devious campaign by…
Conflict tarnishes treason acquittal of top MDC figure
from MERCY MUJURU in Masvingo, Zimbabwe MASVINGO, (CAJ News) – FIVE Zimbabweans, including a councillor, are to appear in court following the skirmishes that marred the…
Banks in war of words over ballooning Africa debt
from ALEXIS DOUMBIA in Abidjan, Ivory Coast ABIDJAN, (CAJ News) – THE African Development Bank (AfDB) has reacted strongly to accusations by the Word Bank Group that it was…
Libya peace deal threatened with collapse
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – THE warring parties in Libya have already violated a ceasefire days after the United Nations’ Security Council called…
Killings mar formation of South Sudan unity government
from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – A SPATE of killings, rape and kidnappings has been reported in South Sudan ahead of the deadline of the formation…