News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
News Briefs 17 June 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe In Zimbabwe, reporter’s conviction sparks fears of renewed abuse For the first time in more than a year, Jeffrey Moyo, reporter for The New York Times in Zimbabwe, is breathing rather easy. Last May, he was …
COVID19 Regional Updates 17 June 2022
General WTO agrees partial patent waiver for Covid-19 vaccines Source: https://www.ft.com/content/9cfa15b6-dab8-4cc6-9ab4-c192c6ad0e0b Saudi Arabia bans flights to India and 15 other nations Source: …
News Briefs 3 June 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Trouble Ahead in Zimbabwe Conditions for the people of Zimbabwe continue to go from bad to worse. Triple digit inflation shows no signs of slowing. Over half of the country lives in poverty. Its corrupt …
News Briefs 27 May 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Courage, charisma not enough to defeat Zanu-PF in Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections With 14 months to go before Zimbabweans elect a president, members of parliament and local government representatives, the country is …
News Briefs 20 May 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Zim lifts lending ban as currency and stock exchange nosedive The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe on Tuesday lifted the the lending freeze imposed just over a week ago, saying its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) …
COVID19 Regional Updates 13 May 2022
General North Korea announces first Covid deaths amid ’explosive’ outbreak Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/05/12/asia/north-korea-covid-death-outbreak-intl-hnk/index.html WHO must be reformed and strengthened, says Prime Minister …
News Briefs 06 May 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Parliament to Summon Mnangagwa Over Rampant Corruption Parliament must move a motion to summon President Emmerson Mnangagwa to the National Assembly to answer questions about rampant corruption in his …
COVID 19 Regional Updates 26 May 2022
General Africa: Over 11.7 million Cases of Covid-19 Confirmed Across Continent Source: https://allafrica.com/stories/202205260256.html Africa: Experts Deliberate on Challenges, Solutions Facing Children in the Wake of Covid-19 Source: …
COVID-19 Regional Updates - 1 May 2022
General Unvaccinated people increase risk of COVID-19 infection among vaccinated: study Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/8783380/unvaccinated-vaccinated-covid-risk-canadian-study/ Vaccine makers see off push to share Covid know-how …
News Briefs - 29 April 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe UNICEF - Nearly 50 Percent of Zimbabwean Youth Not in School The United Nations Children’s Fund and Zimbabwe have released a report saying nearly half the country’s youth are not in school due to poverty …
News Briefs 18 March 2022
Southern Africa Focus: Zimbabwe: Women need to see themselves in politics. It’s the only way change will come to Zimbabwe It is fair to say there has been reasonable progress for women in political leadership and decision-making in the past …
News Briefs 11 March 2022
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe New Zimbabwe law threatens to criminalise and ban NGOs Zimbabwe wants to criminalise and ban non-governmental organisations (NGOs) through the proposed Private Voluntary Organisations (PVOs) Amendment Bill, …
COVID-19 Regional Updates
General Why have women been so disproportionately affected by Covid-19? Experts explain Source: https://edition.cnn.com/2022/03/10/world/covid-pandemic-gender-women-as-equals-intl-cmd/index.html Hong Kong’s covid-19 death rate is the …
Covid19 Regional Updates 18 February 2022
General COVID: New cases decline by 19% worldwide, deaths stabilise Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/16/covid-new-cases-decline-by-19-worldwide-deaths-stabilise WHO announces first technology recipients of mRNA vaccine hub with …
News Briefs 18 February 2022
Southern Africa Focus: Hope fades for voters in Zimbabwe As Zimbabwe heads to elections in 2023, there is little to suggest that any party has the wherewithal to dislodge Zanu-PF from power. This is despite an economy that has been in the …
News Briefs 11 February 2022
Southern Africa Focus: Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa offers cash incentives to Zim govt workers to block strikes President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe has made a mouth-watering proposition to teachers in a bid to avert a catastrophic strike by …
News Briefs 4 February 2022
Southern Africa Focus: Zim should recall its nationals from SA The Zimbabwe embassy and its consulates urged their nationals in SA to be vigilant and law abiding. Good advice, but a better one would have been to have urged them to emulate …
Covid19 Regional Updates 4 February 2022
General Pandemic or endemic: Where is COVID heading next? Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/29/pandemic-or-endemic-where-is-covid-heading-next Africa may have reached the pandemic’s holy grail Source: …
News Briefs 14 January 2022
News Briefs 14 January 2022 Southern Africa Zimbabwean President Mnangagwa axes state security minister for ‘inappropriate conduct’ Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has dismissed State Security Minister Owen Ncube. Ncube becomes the …
Covid19 Regional Updates -14 Jan 2022
General Official predicts ‘most people are going to get covid’ as global cases reach new high Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/01/11/covid-omicron-variant-live-updates/ COVID-19 pandemic stalls global economic recovery: UN …