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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 …

Regional COVID-19 Updates - 26 October
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: The northern hemisphere is facing a crucial moment in …

News Briefs 24 October 2020
eSwatini: New eSwatini Gender-Based Violence Report Reveals Shocking Stats A report produced jointly by the International Commission of Jurists and Swaziland Action Group Against Abuse says that one in three girls in eSwatini will …

Regional COVID-19 Updates - 19 Oct 2020
General: The coronavirus remains active on human skin for nine hours, Japanese researchers have found, in a discovery they said showed the need for frequent hand washing to combat the Covid-19 pandemic. Source: …
News Briefs 16 October 2020
Zimbabwe Parliament Nullifies By-Election Suspension The Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda has announced that the Statutory Instrument 225A/2020 has been deemed unconstitutional by the Parliamentary Legal Committee. This follows the …

Zimbabwe’s Human Security Situation and Covid-19 - By Ineke Stemmet, SALO
Download PDF version here: Zimbabwe-Human-Security-and-Covid-19-by-Ineke.pdf Introduction The concept of human security refers to a type of security beyond the traditional approach of prioritising the security of the state. In fact, the …

News Briefs 09 October 2020
Central Africa Republic Human Rights Council Holds Separate Interactive Dialogues on the Situation of Human Rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and in the Central African Republic. The Human Rights Council this morning held an …

Weekly Regional COVID-19 updates - 6 October 2020
General: Covid-19 pandemic: Tracking the global coronavirus outbreak Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-51235105 The World Health Organization (WHO) has said the Covid-19 outbreak in Africa may have passed its peak but warns governments …
News Briefs 02 October 2020
Central African Republic Central African Republic: elections are ‘unique opportunity’ for peace - Guterres “The coming period will be decisive for the country”, António Guterres told a high-level meeting on the country, held on Thursday. …

SALO News Briefs - 25 Sept 2020:
Western Sahara. Is Western Sahara a no-go for trademark protection? Western Sahara is an Atlantic-coastal desert area of 266,000km2, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, Morocco, Algeria and Mauritania. A former Spanish colony, it has been on …

Zimbabwean Migrants during the Covid-19 Pandemic - By Ineke Stemmet, SALO
Download PDF here: Dialogue-Online-Zimbabwean-Migrants-during-the-Covid-19-Pandemic.pdf Covid-19 and Migration The Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent lockdowns and border closures have created a double burden of vulnerability for migrants …
SALO multi-stakeholder dialogue, “Whose land is it anyway?"
SALO’s multi-stakeholder dialogue, “Whose land is it anyway? A people centred approach to the land question in South Africa and Zimbabwe” took place on Thursday the 17th of September, from 11:00 - 13:00. The dialogue took the form of a …

Weekly Regional COVID-19 updates – 22 Sept 2020:
Header Image: “coronavirus-covid-19” by Nursing Schools Near Me is licensed under CC BY 2.0 General: The 2020 Goalkeepers Report shows wholesale derailment of development goals due to Covid-19. And with nations scrambling for control of a …

News Briefs 18 September 2020
Somalia Somalia’s president appoints new prime minister Somali President Mohamed Farmaajo appointed Mohamed Hussein Roble as the country’s new prime minister early Friday, hours after regional leaders agreed on a revised model for …
Weekly Regional COVID-19 updates – 16 Sept 2020:
Given the political drivers of COVID-19, this research publication argues that this is an important moment to advance International Relations knowledge as a necessary and distinctive method for inclusion in the WHO repertoire of knowledge …
Southern African Liaison Office Situation Brief on Zimbabwe - 15 Sept 2020
Written by Fowzia Davids and Lwazi Somya Download PDF Version here: Situation-Brief-on-Zimbabwe-15-Sept-2020-1.pdf In a meeting that sat between the 28th – 30th of August 2020, the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive …