Nigeria festive season operation seizes tonnes of dagga
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – NIGERIA’S Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized more than 14 tonnes of cannabis during raids at forests…
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Bloodshed in Nigeria as baby kidnapped in church
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – CHAOS has broken out in western Nigeria after allegations that the body of a recently declared missing baby boy…
Zimbabwe VP’s former wife to spend Xmas in jail
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – THE estranged wife of Zimbabwe’s vice president Constantino Chiwenga is making frantic efforts to have…
Mozambicans silenced by cyclone regain their voice
from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – APART from the death of more than 600 people and injury of thousands others, Cyclone Idai ravaged…
Locust invasion grips vulnerable East Africa
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – EAST Africa is on the brink of a prolonged food insecurity crisis amid fears the desert locust invasion…
ECOWAS rejects Sierra Leone ban against pregnant scholars
from TETEH KAMARA in Freetown, Sierra Leone FREETOWN, (CAJ News) – THE Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS’) rejection of a ban imposed by Sierra Leone…
Sahel conflicts leave thousands of kids out of school
from RUDD KONTE in Bamako, Mali BAMAKO, (CAJ News) – MORE than 320 000 children and young people are affected by school closures as the violence in Mali and Niger escalate. The…
UK position on Crimea exposes its double standards
from HANSLEY NABAB in Port Louis, Mauritius PORT LOUIS, (CAJ News) – THE call by the United Kingdom (UK) on Russia to withdraw its military forces and return Crimea to…
Insurgency increases woes of Mozambique cyclone survivors
from ARIMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – SPORADIC attacks by militants suspected to be Islamists are a double blow for villagers in northern…
COMMODITIES: Stresses SA agro sector eager for Russian relief
by AKANI CHAUKE JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE recent call for African countries to expand trade with Russia particularly in the area of agriculture has come as a reprieve for…