News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
BREAKING: Zim confirms first Covid-19 case -20 March 2020
source - https://www.herald.co.zw/zim-confirms-first-covid-19-case/ Nyore Madzianike and Joseph Madzimure Zimbabwe has confirmed its first Covid-19 case, a foreigner living in Victoria Falls who appears to have been infected in Britain but …
We’re not going back to normal by Gideon Lichfield - 17 March 2020
Source: https://www.technologyreview.com/2020/03/17/905264/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing-18-months/ To stop coronavirus we will need to radically change almost everything we do: how we work, exercise, socialize, shop, manage our …
News Briefs 06 March 2020
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe calls US extending sanctions ‘baffling’ Zimbabwe on Thursday said it was dismayed by the White House’s “baffling” decision to extend sanctions against members of the southern African country’s government over rights …
Developments in Malawi after the Constitutional Court ruling on the May 12, 2019 Presidential Election Dispute - News Briefs
Malawi MPs reject bill to amend presidential election law Malawi lawmakers on Thursday rejected a bill that would have meant a president could only be re-elected after securing at least 50 percent of votes cast, dismissing a landmark order …
News Briefs 21 February 2020
Somalia Somalia: Al-Shabab fighters attack military bases Al-Shabab has attacked two Somali military bases using an explosive-laden vehicle driven by a suicide bomber along with dozens of heavily-armed fighters. At least 12 Somali soldiers …
News Briefs 14 February 2020
Sudan Sudan agrees those wanted by ICC should appear before court Sudan’s transitional authorities and rebel groups from Darfur have agreed that those wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for crimes in the region should appear …
News Briefs 7 February 2020
Western Sahara Despite Israeli Requests, US Won’t Recognize Moroccan Claim to Western Sahara The Trump Administration has reportedly turned down repeated overtures by Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to recognize Morocco’s …
News Briefs 31 January 2020
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe sets pay deal with government workers Unions representing government workers in Zimbabwe said on Wednesday they had accepted an offer of higher pay as a provisional step in long-running negotiations. Cecilia Alexander, …
News Briefs 24 January 2020
Central African Republic. Half Central African Republic’s population needs humanitarian aid: UN More than half the population in the Central African Republic – around 2.6 million people – needs humanitarian aid and more than one million are …
News Briefs 17 January 2020
Zimbabwe. Mbeki to resume Zimbabwe political dialogue Former South African leader Thabo Mbeki will bring terms of reference for political dialogue between President Emmerson Mnangagwa and MDC’s Nelson Chamisa when he returns to Zimbabwe by …
S. Africa bars refugees from politics
Source: https://www.herald.co.zw/s-africa-bars-refugees-from-politics/ JOHANNESBURG/KIGALI.– Rwanda on Wednesday hailed South Africa for enacting a law that bars refugees and asylum seekers from engaging in politics back home or in South …
News Briefs 10 January 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo. More than 200 militiamen surrender in east More than 200 militiamen have surrendered since Jan. 3 as a crackdown on armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s volatile east continues, the army said …
News Briefs 06 December 2019
Zimbabwe. Babies Born on Floor as Zimbabwe’s Health System Totters The floor is dusty, the walls filthy and the furniture decrepit, but for two weeks last month a tiny flat in a Harare township was transformed into a maternity clinic where …
The role of civil society in advancing human security, Opinionista, Daily Maverick, by Naledi Pandor, 27 November 2019
Many researchers and social commentators have increasingly asserted the significant role that civil society organisations can play in addressing human security in South Africa and in many developing countries. The concept of human security …
News Briefs 29 November 2019
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe facing ‘man-made’ starvation, UN expert warns Zimbabwe is facing “man-made” starvation with 60% of the people failing to meet basic food needs, a UN special envoy said Thursday after touring the southern African country. …
Rethinking the Past and Future of Land Reform
By: Tembeka Ngcukaitobi Land distribution is vital to address the injustices of colonialism and apartheid, but we need a transformative vision of the Constitution and political action guided by the law. If expropriation of land without …
News Briefs 22 November 2019
Swaziland Move to Call Textile Workers’ Pay Strike in Swaziland As Firms Give Gifts to King A trade union representing textile workers in Swaziland (eSwatini) is planning a strike before Christmas, accusing Taiwanese-owned businesses in the …
Zimbabwe police use force to disperse opposition crowd
Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/11/zimbabwe-police-force-disperse-opposition-crowd-191120111813030.html Riot police in Zimbabwe’s capital have forcefully dispersed supporters of the main opposition party who had gathered to …
News Briefs 15 November 2019
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe ditches austerity and warns corruption is killing growth Finance minister Mthuli Ncube said Zimbabwe will ditch its crippling austerity measures and forecast 3% growth in 2020 after a projected 6.5% contraction in 2019, …