News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
South Sudan - 1 September 2015
South Sudan hints at keeping Ugandan troops despite peace deal South Sudanese government said on Monday that Uganda will not withdraw all its troops from the country as stated in the recently signed peace agreement with armed opposition, …
Sudan - 1 September 2015
China’s Xi calls indicted Sudan’s Bashir ‘old friend’ Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday welcomed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir – who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court – as an “old friend of the …
Somalia - 1 September 2015
Al Shabab ‘storms AU base’ in Somalia Militants from Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-affiliated Al-Shabab group rammed a suicide car bomb into an African Union army base and stormed inside. There were no immediate reports on casualties, and the rebels …
CAR - 1 September 2015
Central African Republic council adopts new constitution The transitional council in Central African Republic has adopted a constitution designed to form the base of a new government as the country attempts to turn a page on years of …
DRC - 1 September 2015
DRC President Signs Legislation on Local Elections The president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has signed legislation to keep elections on a timeline proposed by an independent commission, a government spokesman said Wednesday, as …
CAR - 25 August 2015
UN SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC DIAMOND TRADING COMPANY The United Nations Security Council Committee concerning the Central African Republic (CAR) has imposed sanctions against the CAR’s diamond trading …
Madagascar - 25 August 2015
Madagascar faces uphill struggle to revive bruised mining sector When foreign mining firms and Western donors were pulling funds out of Madagascar following a coup in 2009, Austral Resources chief executive Scott Reid did the opposite and …
Zimbabwe - 25 August 2015
Sanlam eyes move into Zimbabwe SANLAM Emerging Markets says it is looking to expand into Zimbabwe in the next year or two after its Kenyan subsidiary made an acquisition in a short-term insurance business in the east African country. Sanlam …
Africa - 25 August 2015
Burundi Burundi police ’tortured’ anti-Nkurunziza protesters Burundi’s security forces have tortured suspected opponents of President Pierre Nkurunziza’s third-term bid, Amnesty International says. The rights group details how people …
Swaziland - 25 August 2015
Swaziland ‘To Build $3bn Shipping Port’ The Government of Swaziland, an impoverished African nation with no coastline, has backed a plan to build a shipping port which will cost an estimated US$3 billion. The scheme follows the completion …
Western Sahara - 25 August 2015
UN SG Calls for Rapid Settlement of Western Sahara Conflict The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for the umpteenth time for a rapid settlement of the Western Sahara conflict, in a report on the development of the Saharawi …
South Sudan - 25 August 2015
S Sudan ‘keen’ on mending Sudan ties Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday received a written message from his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit dealing with the realisation of peace in the South Sudan and the bilateral …
Sudan - 25 August 2015
Al Bashir Urges Kiir to Sign Peace Deal President Omer Hassan Al Bashir has urged his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir to sign the internationally-backed regional mediated peace deal aimed at ending the 20-month old conflict in the …
Somalia - 25 August 2015
UN Envoy: Somalia Can’t Afford More Political Bickering The United Nations envoy to Somalia, Nicholas Kay, is criticizing an effort by some Somali lawmakers to impeach the president. He said with an election coming up and al-Shabab …
DRC - 25 August 2015
High Court grounds aircraft from Democratic Republic of Congo in Dublin over €10m dispute The High Court has grounded an aircraft allegedly owned by a state owned airline of the Democratic Republic of Congo from leaving Dublin Airport in a …
Zimbabwe - 19 August 2015
Zimbabwe ain’t China, says Jonathan Moyo “ZIMBABWE ain’t China!,” Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo said Tuesday in comments thought to have been directed at Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s allies in the ruling Zanu PF party. …
Africa - 19 August 2015
Burundi Ban condemns assassination of senior army officer amid ‘troubling’ political violence United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the assassination Burundi’s former Army Chief of Staff, Colonel Jean Bikomagu, who was …
Swaziland - 19 August 2015
‘Stand Up to Swazi King’, Unions Urged Trade unions across the southern African region have been urged to stand up to Swaziland’s autocratic King Mswati III in an attempt to bring democracy to the kingdom. Southern African Development …
Western Sahara - 19 August 2015
President of Republic Chairs Meeting of Ministers Council President of the Republic, Secretary General of the Polisario Front, Mr. Mohamed El Aziz, chaired Sunday a meeting of the Council of Ministers, addressed a number of topics related …
South Sudan - 19 August 2015
South Sudan refuses to sign peace deal as sanction deadline ends South Sudan’s government refused to sign a peace deal with rebels on Monday despite the threat of international sanctions, but will return to finalise an agreement within 15 …