Southern Africa
Latest news and analyses on the countries located in the southernmost subregion of the African continent.
South African President Ramaphosa hails Mozambique security mission
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday said there had been "significant progress" in tackling a militant insurgency in northern...
Read moreDetailsBotswana leader ends isolation after asymptomatic COVID-19
Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi has left isolation just over a week after testing positive for COVID-19 without symptoms, the government...
Read moreDetailsProsecutors in South Africa charge parliament fire suspect with terrorism
The suspect in a fire that gutted parts of South Africa's 138-year-old parliament building this month was charged with terrorism...
Read moreDetailsSouth African inquiry points to systemic corruption during Zuma era
A South African corruption inquiry pointed to systemic graft during former President Jacob Zuma's tenure in the first part of...
Read moreDetailsZimbabwe: Mnangagwa faces internal revolt over his legitimacy
A member of the youth league of Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANU PF has launched a court bid to challenge the constitutionality...
Read moreDetailsNamibia suspends use of Russian COVID vaccine after S.Africa flags HIV concerns
Namibia will suspend the rollout of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, its health ministry said on Saturday, days after the...
Read moreDetailsSmall seashells: A big story of slavery and transoceanic trade
By Justine Wintjes* In the archaeology storerooms of the KwaZulu-Natal Museum in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, lie two boxes filled with seashells. The shells...
Read moreDetailsSouth Africa to extradite ex-Mozambique minister for debt scandal trial
South Africa will extradite former Mozambique finance minister Manuel Chang to his home country, its justice department said on Monday,...
Read moreDetailsExplaining the science of skin colour to African children
By The Conversation Africa Skin We Are In is a landmark South African book for children (and grown-ups) on the subject of...
Read moreDetailsA new film about Zimbabwe’s 2018 elections is worth watching, but flawed
By David B. Moore* Danish director Camilla Nielsson’s documentary President (2021) is an up-close, intimate tale. It follows the election travails of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party the...
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