14 children dead amid Tanzania floods
from ALLOYCE KIMBUNGA in Dar-es-Salaam, TanzaniaTanzania BureauDAR-ES-SALAAM, (CAJ News) – FOURTEEN (14) children are among 18 people who have died as torrential rains hit…
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Zimbabwe delivers third consignment of relief to Malawi
from DANAI MWARUMBWA in Harare, ZimbabweZimbabwe BureauHARARE, (CAJ News) – ZIMBABWE has handed over 330 metric tonnes of maize to Malawi, as the third consignment of…
Mozambique military under fire for killing fishermen
from ARMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, MozambiqueMozambique BureauMAPUTO, (CAJ News) – THE mission by the Defence Armed Forces of Mozambique (FADM) to exert maritime control has…
Zambia denies dictatorship claims after radio closures
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, ZambiaZambia BureauLUSAKA, (CAJ News) – THE Zambian government has denied accusations of a deliberate clampdown on media and dictatorship after…
Thousands of Congolese refugees return from Burundi
from JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRCDRC BureauKINSHASA, (CAJ News) – MORE than 33 000 Congolese refugees have spontaneously returned from Burundi to eastern Democratic…
Jungle justice takes its toll on Zambia
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, ZambiaZambia BureauLUSAKA, (CAJ News) – THE spate of jungle justice, whereby citizens take the law into their own hands, is getting out of…
Flooding kills 37 in Mozambique
from ARMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, MozambiqueMozambique BureauMAPUTO, (CAJ News) – AT least 37 people have been reported dead from flooding in Mozambique since the beginning…
Echoes of Rwanda in Congo crisis
from KELVIN JAKACHIRA in Goma, RwandaRwanda BureauGOMA, (CAJ News) – IN January 1994, barely three months before the genocide against the Tutsi began in Rwanda, a confidential…
Death toll rising after Malawi flooding crisis
from MAVHUTO BANDA in Lilongwe, MalawiMalawi BureauLILONGWE, (CAJ) News) – THE death toll from floods affecting Malawi has risen to 22. The impoverished Southern African…
Mnangagwa term bid draws fire
from DION HENRICK in Cape TownWestern Cape BureauCAPE TOWN, (CAJ News) – SOUTH Africa’s main opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has strongly condemned the arrest…