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June 14, 2010
Eswatini: Faceless Bombers Sow Insecurity
No individual or group in Swaziland has admitted responsibility for a spate of recent bombings against government and opposition party targets, but their actions are creating a… Read more »
December 10, 2007
Mozambique: What Price the Benefits of Foreign Investment?
The Mozal aluminium plant is a symbol of Mozambique's red-hot economy, touted as a symbol of the investor-friendly environment that led the Wall Street Journal to declare the… Read more »
April 20, 2007
Malawi: Small Farmers Hit By Changes in the Climate
Small-scale farmers in Malawi are becoming aware that they are bearing the brunt of climate change, which has been adversely affecting productivity, according to a new study by an… Read more »
April 13, 2007
Malawi: Condoms Get a Bad Rap
As we enter the third decade of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, prevention efforts have yet to come to grips with a deep-seated antipathy to condoms, particularly in southern Africa, the… Read more »
April 12, 2007
Zimbabwe: Still Picking Up the Pieces After Operation Murambatsvina
Life is still an uphill struggle for hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans forced to live in the open after the government-led Operation Murambatsvina (Drive out Trash) demolished… Read more »
December 21, 2006
Angola: Health Experts Battle Unknown Disease Outbreaks
Health organisations in Angola are scrambling to identify a disease that has surfaced in Uige Province, in the north, and in Huila Province, in the south, to prevent further… Read more »
November 08, 2006
Zimbabwe: Undertakers Report Booming Business
One sector of Zimbabwe's depressed economy is experiencing boom times. For those providing services for the dead, business is very healthy. Read more »
October 24, 2006
South Africa: More Heat Less Light At Nuclear Facility
James Mcephe, 69, is not the man he used to be. His skin is painfully itchy and bleeds after the slightest knock; his eyes are afflicted by a burning sensation that makes it… Read more »
October 17, 2006
Malawi: Calls for Review of Law in Wake of Madonna Adoption
Madonna's "bending of the rules" in her haste to adopt 13-month-old David Banda is sending a message to child traffickers that Malawi is open for business, a southern African child… Read more »
October 13, 2006
Malawi: Madonna Takes a New Baby Home
Pop star Madonna's act of plucking an orphaned child from Malawi to give it a better life has triggered concern and confusion, and has even conjured up images of slavery among… Read more »
September 11, 2006
Africa: The Granny Revolution
It started with three South African grandmothers sharing their grief at the loss of their children and supporting each other to care for their orphaned grandchildren. Five years… Read more »
August 04, 2006
Zimbabwe: Survival After Operation Murambatsvina
A year after Zimbabwe's controversial campaign to demolish illegal urban settlements and informal markets, thousands of people remain in limbo, fearful of renewed raids by the… Read more »
August 02, 2006
Zimbabwe: Farmers Feeding Grain Black Market
Inflation is forcing Zimbabwe's new farmers to ignore a government directive that compels them to sell their produce to a centralised grain utility, opting instead to take lower… Read more »
May 29, 2006
Namibia: Govt Grapples With Slow Pace of Land Reform
The Namibian government is considering ways to improve its land-reform programme, which has not only been slow, but has also had a negative impact on agricultural production. Read more »
February 02, 2006
Zambia: Cause for Optimism in Malaria Battle
As the rainy season descends in Zambia, hospital beds around the country will increasingly fill with patients suffering from malaria. The disease is Zambia's number one killer,… Read more »
January 24, 2006
Zimbabwe: Govt Takes Radio Station Board Members to Court
The government has begun negotiating with the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) to replace the controversial government-appointed Media and Information Commission (MIC), but… Read more »
January 04, 2006
Eswatini: 13 Charged With High Treason Over Bombings
If found guilty, 13 members of a banned political party may face the death penalty after being charged with high treason in connection with a string of fire bombings against… Read more »
December 16, 2005
Zimbabwe: Police Raid Independent Radio Station
A police raid on a private radio station in Zimbabwe has been condemned as an attack on media freedom. Read more »
November 17, 2005
Angola: Country Emerges Stronger After Marburg Fever Outbreak
The deadly Marburg hemorrhagic fever outbeak in Angola has finally been consigned to history after claiming 227 lives, but the country handled the crisis "very well" and… Read more »
September 13, 2005
Namibia: Pressure Builds Over Slow Pace of Land Redistribution
Fifteen years after independence Namibians are still grappling with the issue of sustainable and effective land reform in the arid Southern African country. Read more »
August 08, 2005
South Africa: Govt to Consider Routine HIV Testing
The South African government is considering whether to make HIV tests routinely available at public health facilities. Read more »
July 25, 2005
Zimbabwe: Evictions Continue Despite International Condemnation
Ignoring a call by the United Nations to halt evictions of people living in unauthorised housing, Zimbabwean police on Friday ordered residents out of Porta Farm, one of… Read more »
May 24, 2005
Angola: Poor Still Waiting for Peace Dividend to Trickle Down
Angola needs up to $30 billion to rebuild its war-shattered infrastructure over the next decade, according to a World Bank official, but analysts are warning the basic needs of the… Read more »
May 20, 2005
South Africa: New Ways of Combating HIV/Aids Bear Fruit
One in five young South Africans is HIV positive Read more »
January 19, 2005
Botswana: Court Case On San Rights Resumes
The right to live and hunt as their forefathers did in the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR) is the crux of an application by 243 San Bushmen to overturn their relocation… Read more »
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