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…
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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…
Zambia opposition elects new leader but pre-poll tension persists
from ARNOLD MULENGA in Lusaka, ZambiaZambia BureauLUSAKA, (CAJ News) – THE election of Makebi Zulu, the former minister and lawyer to the late president Edgar Lungu, as…
CPS backs one-China stance
from SAMBULO DLAMINI in Mbabane, EswatiniEswatin BureauMBABANE, (CAJ News) – THE Communist Party of Swaziland (CPS) has strongly condemned the planned April visit of…
World condemns US, Israel provocative war on Iran
by WILL COOPERSpecial contributorNEW YORK, (CAJ News) – A wave of global reaction has swept across social media platforms in response to escalating tensions involving Iran, with…