News briefs
Regular digests of news on the countries SALO follows, compiled by SALO researchers.
REGIONAL COVID-19 UPDATES 16 March 2021
General Global rollout of AstraZeneca vaccine unchanged by suspensions in Europe, WHO says Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/03/16/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/ US deaths fall; South Africa registers further 1,006 …
News Briefs 15 March 2021
Southern Africa Country Briefs Zimbabwe Organisation helps returning Zimbabwe refugees get back on their feet The coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the global job market. This has forced many Zimbabweans to return home. The …
News Briefs 26 February 2021:
Southern African Country Briefs: Democratic Republic of Congo DRC President Felix Tshisekedi appoints Sama Lukonde Kyenge as PM President Felix Tshisekedi has named the head of the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) state mining …
REGIONAL COVID-19 UPDATES – 26 February 2021
General New coronavirus variant identified in New York: researchers Source: https://www.iol.co.za/news/world/new-coronavirus-variant-identified-in-new-york-researchers-e6dfcf36-d7de-5bea-a6ee-f61f6ddcb0a2 Coronavirus variants update: One …
News Briefs 16 February 2021
South Sudan Changing the Calculus to Support Peace in South Sudan For more than two years, South Sudan’s leaders have engaged in stalling tactics that have stymied the implementation of the peace deal signed in September 2018. President …
REGIONAL COVID-19 UPDATES - 16 February 2021:
General: COVID vaccine weekly: why AstraZeneca vaccine received WHO backing even as South Africa paused rollout. Source: …
News Briefs 8 February 2021
eSwatini Urgent need for vaccines as new COVID-19 strain ravages Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi As a highly infectious new strain of COVID-19 spreads through Southern Africa, health workers in Mozambique, Eswatini and Malawi are struggling …
REGIONAL COVID-19 UPDATES - 3 Feb 2021
Header Image: “coronavirus-covid-19” by Nursing Schools Near Me is licensed under CC BY 2.0 General: Global Virus Update: Race emerges as vaccine problem; US cases slow; SA set to receive first vaccines today Source: …
News Briefs 31 January 2021
Western Sahara After Trump’s Colonial Carve-Up, Western Sahara Has Risen Up When Donald Trump announced on December 10 that his administration was recognizing the legitimacy of Morocco’s occupation of Western Sahara in exchange for Moroccan …
News Briefs 25 January 2021:
Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe loses another serving Minister to COVID-19 Transport Minister Joel Matiza has become the fourth serving Minister to succumb to the virus just days after the country lost Foreign Affairs Minister Sibusiso Moyo. Zimbabwe …
COVID-19 UPDATES - 20-01-2021:
General: Africa’s Covid-19 response has been admirable, but the economic costs will linger for years Source: …
News Briefs 17 January 2021
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe journalist to spend weekend in jail after tweet Zimbabwe police have re-arrested award-winning journalist and government critic Hopewell Chin’ono, as well as one of his defenders, for allegedly posting false information on …
Regional COVID-19 Updates - 4 Jan 2020
General: Tracking every effort to roll-out a COVID-19 vaccine Source: https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-tracking-every-global-effort-to-roll-out-a-coronavirus-vaccine-12030675 The world in 2021 – how global politics will change this year …
News Briefs 10 December 2020:
Democratic Republic of Congo: African Union Urges ‘Peace’ As Dr Congo Crisis Widens. The African Union called on Democratic Republic of Congo leaders to preserve “peace and stability” as a crisis in the perennially restive nation’s shaky …
News Briefs 03 December 2020
eSwatini Eswatini PM moved to S.Africa for COVID-19 treatment The prime minister of Eswatini, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, has been shifted to neighboring South Africa for COVID-19 treatment, an official said in a statement late …
Covid-19 Updates 30 November 30, 2020
Header Image: “coronavirus-covid-19” by Nursing Schools Near Me is licensed under CC BY 2.0 General: World Health Organization says disruptions to treatment of Malaria could lead to tens of thousands additional deaths. Source: …
News Briefs 24 November 2020
Zimbabwe Mnangagwa’s capture of judiciary a red flag for state failure In Harare, citizens bemoan the demise of Mugabe’s rule, stating that things have worsened under the new government. For many, the situation in the country has actually …
Regional COVID-19 updates - 16 November 2020
General: When will a COVID-19 vaccine be available for Africa? Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08xxj7g Moderna Inc. said its Covid-19 vaccine was 94.5% effective in a preliminary analysis of a large late-stage clinical trial. …
News Briefs 6 November 2020:
Zimbabwe: Mnangagwa Rights Record Worse Than Mugabe’s - Says Top Rights Group The Zimbabwe Human Rights NGO Forum has published a damning report on rampant human rights violations in the country under incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa. …
Regional COVID-19 updates - 2 Nov 2020
Header 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: In an earlier article in this series, we highlighted some …
