News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
News Briefs 31 March 2023:
Southern Africa Focus: Mozambique: Mozambique Begins Massive Post-Cyclone Cholera Vaccination Drive Health officials in Mozambique are set to hold a massive cholera vaccination campaign in Quelimane, a city hit hard by Cyclone Freddy …
News Briefs 24 March 2023
Southern Africa Focus Mozambique Mozambique secures $35m cyclone parametric reinsurance placement The Mozambique government has secured USD 35 million of parametric cyclone insurance via the National Institute of Disaster Management (INGD), …
News Briefs 10 March 2023
Southern Africa Focus Mozambique MSF ends response in Niassa, Mozambique as cholera cases decrease Following a reduction in the number of cholera cases, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has ended our response supporting the Mozambican Ministry …
News Briefs 10 February 2023
Southern Africa Focus Mozambique Mozambique’s extremist rebels kill aid worker in north Extremist rebels in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province have killed a worker for the international charity Doctors Without Borders, shortly …
News Briefs 13 January 2023:
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Address Concerns Raised By Stakeholders, ZEC Told Political parties and analysts have raised concerns over the report citing that it had an influence on boundaries of constituencies which are tilted in favour …
News Briefs 5 November 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Zimbabwe Open for Business, says President Mnangagwa Zimbabwean President Dr Emerson Mnangagwa has called on investors to realize the massive investment opportunities in Zimbabwe and shun negative perceptions …
News Briefs 14 October 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe President Mnangagwa is set to headline this year’s anti-sanctions commemorations which will also be observed in most African countries as progressive nations join hands in piling pressure on the United States …
COVID19 Regional Updates 23 September 2022
General COVID Raises Risk of Long-Term Brain Injury, Large U.S. Study Finds Source: https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/covid-raises-risk-long-term-brain-injury-large-us-study-finds-2022-09-22/ Covid hospitalisations …
News Briefs 23 September 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Authorities must release opposition MPs unjustly held for 100 days The continued arbitrary detention of opposition leader and Member of Parliament Job Sikhala and MP Godfrey Sithole is revealing of the …
News Briefs 26 August 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Zim opposition leaders begs SA to bear with Zimbabweans for only 400 more days Zimbabwean opposition leader Nelson Chamisa has appealed to the South African government to bear with Zimbabweans for 400 days …
COVID19 Regional Update 2 September 2022
General Global COVID-19 cases surpass 600 mln: WHO Source: http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202209/02/WS63115883a310fd2b29e758f6.html COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths may increase with colder weather: WHO Source: …
News Briefs 19 August 2022:
Southern Africa Focus: Zimbabwe: ‘Zimbabwe Electoral Commission refuses to release voters roll’ Nelson Chamisa linked activist group, Team Pachedu has accused the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) of refusing to release a consolidated …
News Briefs 05 August 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Chamisa ally says Zimbabwe heading for another disputed election The opposition Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) party is now in the final stages of drafting a pre-election position on reforms which must be …
COVID-19 Regional Updates 05 August 2022
General People with HIV still at higher risk of death from COVID-19 in Omicron wave Source: https://www.aidsmap.com/news/aug-2022/people-hiv-still-higher-risk-death-covid-19-omicron-wave Unprecedented global challenges are ‘not …
News Briefs 22 July 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe NGOs in Zimbabwe under threat — and not for the first time s Zimbabwe counts down to the 2023 elections, civil society is yet again fighting for its very existence. The parliament has, since November 2021, …
News Briefs 15 July 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Top China diplomat meets Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa, hopes to make inroads into Africa During the meet on July 4, Yang appreciated “Zimbabwe’s important role in promoting China-Africa co-operation on the Belt and …
COVID-19 Regional Updates 15 July 2022
General WHO says COVID-19 remains a global health emergency. Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/who-says-covid-19-remains-global-health-emergency-2022-07-12/ The gender pay gap in the health and care sector: A global analysis in the time …
News Briefs -1 July 2022
Southern African Focus Zimbabwe Investors excited by Zimbabwe plan to mint gold to curb inflation Zimbabwe is set to introduce gold coins that will enable investors to store value within the country as inflation spirals out of control and …
COVID-19 Regional Updates -1 July 2022
General Monthly operational update on COVID-19 - June 2022 Source: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/monthly-operational-update-on-covid-19---june-2022 COVID-19: BA.4 and BA.5 variants spur 20 per cent rise in cases Source: …
News Briefs 23 June 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Minister claims only a few nurses on strike; MP ordered to withdraw cheeky question about VP whereabouts ‘as country burns’ Leader of government business in Parliament Ziyambi Ziyambi claimed Wednesday that …