Lawsuits pile against Zimbabwe’s response to COVID-19
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) –THE Zimbabwean government has again been hauled to court for its inept handling of the spread of the coronavirus…
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Safaricom invests billions in network upgrades
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – SAFARICOM, the Kenyan mobile network operator, has invested more than Ksh300 billion (US$2,83 billion) in…
Child soldiers released in war against COVID-19
from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – THE United Nations (UN) has welcomed the pledge by several countries to end the recruitment of children and the…
Locusts drive 1 million Ethiopians to hunger
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – ABOUT 1 million Ethiopians require emergency food assistance after an invasion by the desert locust…
COVID-19 causes global decline in PC shipments
by MTHULISI SIBANDA Africa Editor JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE worldwide computer market has experienced its sharpest decline since 2013 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19)…
Fuel firm supports Mauritius fight against COVID-19
from HANSLEY NABAB in Port Louis, Mauritius PORT LOUIS, (CAJ News) – HUNDREDS of families in Mauritius have benefitted from an initiative by a leading marketer of fuels and…
Kenya goes digital to resolve tax disputes
from MARIA MACHARIA in Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Bureau NAIROBI, (CAJ News) – THE Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has introduced online alternative dispute resolution (ADR)…
Police, soldiers sued for ‘spreading’ coronavirus
from MERCY MUJURU in Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe CHINHOYI, (CAJ News) – RESIDENTS in northern Zimbabwe have launched a court challenge amid worries police and the army were spreading…
‘Boko Haram is Nigeria’s version of coronavirus’
from AHMED OBAFEMI in Maiduguri, Nigeria Nigeria Bureau MAIDUGURI, (CAJ News) – A Nigerian governor has denounced the Boko Haram terror group as an older version of the…
Ramaphosa warns COVID-19 lockdown criminals
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa has warned criminals making the most of the ongoing lockdown against coronavirus (COVID-19)…