News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
News Briefs 16 August 2021:
Southern Africa Focus: Zimbabwe. UN Urges Zimbabwe to End Child Marriage After 14-Year-Old Bride Dies in Childbirth Women’s rights activists, opposition groups, and the United Nations are pressuring Zimbabwean authorities to arrest a man …
News Briefs 07 August 2021
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Chiwenga Hides Potentially Damning Audit Report On Health Ministry Corruption VICE President and Health minister Constantino Chiwenga has been sitting on the Auditor-General’s specially commissioned audit …
Covid-19 Regional Updates 30 July 2021:
General: Sri Lanka-India international postponed over Covid-19 case. Source: https://www.news24.com/sport/cricket/sri-lanka-india-international-postponed-over-covid-19-case-20210727 World economy caps extraordinary return from Covid-19 …
News Briefs 30 July 2021
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe After two years of three digits, Zimbabwe inflation drops to 56% Zimbabwean inflation slowed to double digits in July for the first time in more than two years. Consumer prices rose 56.37% from a year earlier, …
News Briefs 16 July 2021:
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF a Militarised Graveyard - Jonathan Moyo Former Information Minister Jonathan Moyo says Zanu PF has become a military outfit working against the interests of the majority of the country’s citizens. Commenting on the …
News Briefs 9 July 2021
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Zimbabwe army commander dies from cancer - presidential spokesman Zimbabwe’s army commander died early on Thursday after succumbing to cancer, the presidential spokesman said. The army holds an outsized …
Covid19 Regional Updates 9 July 2021
General Africa suffers ‘worst pandemic week ever’ as cases surge, vaccinations lag Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/09/coronavirus-latest-updates/ Global coronavirus update: Myanmar to reclose schools due to Covid-19 …
Covid-19 Regional Update 25 June 2021
General As global Covid-19 vaccinations rise, focus shifts to learning to live with the virus Source: https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/world/2021-06-21-as-global-covid-19-vaccinations-rise-focus-shifts-to-learning-to-live-with-the-virus/ …
News Briefs 25 June 2021
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Two Decades After Land Grab Zimbabwe Starts Paying Farmers Zimbabwe made its first compensation payment as part of an agreement to settle a dispute with White commercial farmers who had their land seized …
News Briefs 21 June 2021
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe IMF doubles forecast for economic growth in Zimbabwe on harvest The International Monetary Fund almost doubled its economic growth forecast for Zimbabwe, citing a bumper harvest, improved power supply and an …
News Briefs -14 June 2021
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Zimbabwe court upholds chief justice’s right to resume work despite age Zimbabwe’s High Court on Thursday backed Chief Justice Luke Malaba’s right to resume work despite a previous ruling that the president’s …
Covid19 Regional Updates 13 June 2021
General Biden vows to ‘supercharge’ global fight against pandemic Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/06/10/covid-vaccine-variant-mask-california-pfizer-cdc/7627530002/ Covid-19 caseload crosses 174.3 million-mark …
News Briefs - 5 June 2021
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Zimbabweans Protest COVID-19 Vaccine Shortages Hundreds of Zimbabweans protested Wednesday about a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines as the country awaits more doses from China. The government wants to inoculate …
COVID-19 Regional Updates - 26 May 2021
General South Sudan Returning 72,000 COVID Vaccine Doses Source: https://www.voanews.com/africa/south-sudan-focus/south-sudan-returning-72000-covid-vaccine-doses Impoverished Central African Republic begins COVID jab rollout Source: …
News Briefs 25 May 2021
Southern Africa Zimbabwe Zimbabwe court orders Mugabe’s body be exhumed A traditional court in Zimbabwe has ordered former First Lady Grace Mugabe to exhume the body of her late husband Robert Mugabe. The court says Mugabe must be reburied …
REGIONAL COVID-19 UPDATES - 3 May 2021
General India COVID-19 deaths climb again as global aid flown in Source: https://www.enca.com/news/india-covid-deaths-climb-again-global-aid-flown India sets another grim record as global cases top 150 million Source: …
News Briefs 30 April 2020:
Southern Africa Focus Zimbabwe Zimbabwe’s opposition youth leader arrested A main opposition MDC Alliance youth leader in Zimbabwe has been arrested and has appeared in the Harare Magistrate’s Court on criminal nuisance charges. This as the …
News Briefs 20 April 2021
Southern Africa Zimbabwe Zanu-PF Brutality Could Plunge Country into Moza Chaos – Chamisa MDC Alliance leader, Nelson Chamisa says the country risked plunging into extremism just witnessed in neighbouring Mozambique if the ruling Zanu PF …
Covid19 Regional Update 19 April 2021
Image: “Minister Fikile Mbalula inspects Rea-Vaya buses and stations as part of Coronavirus Covid-19 safety measures” by GovernmentZA is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0 General U.S. pause on Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be felt the most in …
News Briefs 26 March 2021:
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe moves into second phase of vaccination programme Zimbabwe has moved into the second phase of its COVID-19 vaccination programme. It’s now targeting the elderly people with chronic conditions, and essential …
