News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
Swaziland - 5 September 2014
Cosatu Supports the Fourth Global Week of Action for Democracy in Swaziland COSATU joins its sister federation in Swaziland, TUCOSWA and the rest of the global progressive fraternity in calling for more intense actions around the world …
Zimbabwe - 5 September 2014
Zanu-PF succession battle: Mugabe ditches neutrality. The president has all but broken with his impartial stance on who will succeed him. President Robert Mugabe has reportedly aligned himself to the Zanu-PF faction of Emmerson Mnangagwa. …
Swaziland - 23 August 2014
President Mario has fallen terribly ill due to horrible prison conditions The People’s United Democratic Movement’s (PUDEMO) President Mario Masuku has fallen critically ill at His Majesty’s Correctional Services at the Zakhele Remand …
Africa - 22 August 2014
No Nato deed goes unpunished Diplomats warned chaos and violence would follow a Libya intervention. They were right.Black smoke billows across the sky when a petrol depot was set ablaze after a rocket assault. The attack, along with the …
Zimbabwe - 22 August 2014
Minister spares 97 death row inmates Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa has said he will not sign death warrants for 97 murder convicts on death row because the sentence is too harsh and must be done away …
Africa - 15 August 2014
US counters Sino-African trade boom President Barack Obama took a swipe at China in a speech to a summit of African leaders in Washington this week, claiming that the United States is interested in the continent for more than just its …
Swaziland - 15 August 2014
Swaziland Group Demands Answers From Minister Over AGOA The general secretary of the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA) says members will protest Minister of Labor and Social Security Winnie Magagula’s appearance before parliament …
Zimbabwe - 15 August 2014
SADC summit should address mineral resource question SADC Summit should address where the bloc’s gold and other valuable minerals are - and who really owns them? Southern Africa Development Corporation (SADC) should use its Victoria Falls …
Western Sahara - 14 August 2014
Independent Saharawi state is prerequisite for Africa’s future development, says diplomat The Chargé d’Affaires of the Zimbabwean Embassy in Algiers Mr. Kossam Mupezeni said that an independent and sovereign Saharawi state is a …
Somalia - 14 August 2014
Al-Shabab attack AU base in Somalia Fighting between al-Shabab and government and African Union (AU) troops in the central Hiran region has left 18 people dead on both sides, the Somalian armed group has said. Al-Shabab spokesman Abdulaziz …
South Sudan - 14 August 2014
South Sudan Kiir offers to appoint Machar second VP South Sudanese president, Salva Kiir on Sunday said opposition leader, Riek Machar could become the country’s second vice-president, if he agrees to join his government. Speaking at Juba …
Sudan - 14 August 2014
Turabi’s party vows to consider Paris Declaration The Popular Congress Party (PCP) led by Hassan al-Turabi cautiously vowed to mull over the Paris Declaration signed by the opposition National Umma Party (NUP) and rebel Sudanese …
CAR - 14 August 2014
Central African Republic’s Prime Minister and Cabinet Resign The president of the Central African Republic has demanded the departure of the country’s prime minister and 20 members of his staff. President Catherine Samba-Panza said Prime …
DRC - 14 August 2014
Military threat key to push FDLR rebels in Congo to disarm U.N. Rwandan rebels in Democratic Republic of Congo believe an extended deadline to disarm allows them to stall, a top U.N. official said on Thursday, suggesting military action …
Madagascar - 14 August 2014
Green light for investors as Madagascar resumes donor funding International funding has resumed in Madagascar’s Amended Finance Act 2014, which was adopted by the parliament members. The international community suspended their funding for …
Africa - 10 August 2014
‘Africa has everything except leadership’ The entry of Barack Obama as United States President was characterised by inflated and buoyant expectations by most Africans who thought the Washington song would be sweet melody for the rest of the …
Swaziland - 10 August 2014
Swazi Prime Minister Tells MPs ‘To Strangle Union Leaders When They Return From the Us’ “Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini has called for the strangulation of workers union leaders who went to Washington under the pretext of going to …
Zimbabwe - 10 August 2014
Dabengwa farm invasion, Zanu-PF denies responsibility PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party has denied sanctioning the shock invasion of former home affairs minister Dumiso Dabengwa’s Nyamandlovu farm by hordes of its supporters over the …
Western Sahara - 31 July 2014
Algeria willing to establish ’normal’ relations with Morocco in compliance with Sahrawi people’s rights, says Ramtane Lamara Algeria is willing to establish “normal” relations with Morocco and build the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) in …
Somalia - 31 July 2014
Somaila:Puntland Strongly Opposes the Mogadishu Agreement Purporting to Create a Federal State for Central Regions In reference to the July 30th 2014 Agreement announced in Mogadishu, the Puntland Council of Ministers convened in an …