News24 | Drought puts more than 40% of Namibians at risk of going hungry
A prolonged drought in Namibia has disrupted farming, leaving more than 40% of the population at risk of crisis-level food insecurity, according to the agriculture ministry.
Africa
eSwatini’s success against snakebites under threat after USAid funding freeze
Country that ‘achieved the impossible’ in reducing deaths to zero now faces closure of key treatment centre
News24 | China, South Korea send R75 million to Africa CDC to plug US funding gap
Some $4 million has been sent to Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to plug some of the immediate healthcare funding gaps left by US president Donald Trump’s freeze on aid.
Withdrawal worse than surrender, says Lamola during DRC debate in parliament
The ANC and its GNU partners are divided over South Africa’s military involvement in the DRC, as opposition parties call for an immediate withdrawal of troops
Ramaphosa welcomes outcome of summit on eastern DRC
Southern and East African leaders gave military commanders five days to give technical direction on an immediate ceasefire
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak spreads to eight districts
At the epicentre of the outbreak, burst pipes had been left in disrepair for months, spewing human waste into the streets
Africa poised for growth despite persistent problems
The year ahead for the continent will be shaped by key elections and geopolitical shifts
Djibouti’s Mahamoud Ali Youssouf criticises African leaders for inaction on conflicts
The outspoken foreign minister will be vying for the African Union Commission chair in February
How SA became a haven for dodgy presidential cash from Mozambique
An investigation by Open Secrets reveals how Mozambican elites exploited weak enforcement to ‘invest’ in luxury properties in the neighbouring country
African businesses favour intra-continental trade over global markets
Businesses surveyed report that trading within Africa is easier than trading with the rest of the world
Dehumanising Malawi hospitals fail mothers with impairments
More than 1.7 million people in the country live with disabilities, but the hospital system is not set up for them, so they suffer indignity and worse
The beginning of the end of the liberation party era
Nepotism, graft, shifting ideologies: Southern Africa’s liberation parties have experienced historic setbacks in 2024
US, Europe begin scramble for Africa’s satellite internet market
The entry of Thales Alenia Space comes at a time when SpaceX’s Starlink is recording significant milestones on the continent
Rampage and ransom as heavyweight in Sudan’s RSF defects
A fuller picture of the Rapid Support Forces massacres in Gezira, committed under the cover of a communications blackout, is emerging from survivors and victims’ families
Six decades of liberation party rule in Botswana end in shock
The Botswana Democratic Party suffered a humiliating defeat in last week’s parliamentary elections
Africans trapped in Lebanon by ‘kafala’ labour system and Israel’s bombs
With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers
Cannabis: Morocco’s pot of gold
When the country legalised some types of cannabis, it threw a centuries-old industry into disarray
Mozambique election: Frelimo’s Daniel Chapo declared election winner amid tension
The party that has ruled Mozambique since 1975 remains popular
Libya has avoided another civil war, but only just
A bitter dispute over which faction should control the central bank has laid bare the country’s fragilities
Mo Ibrahim Foundation finds progress on governance in Africa has halted
A steep improvement in Seychelles has seen it take over top spot in the foundation’s overall ranking from Mauritius
US ‘anti-rights’ groups boost spending in Africa to over $16 million
Christian rights groups have spent millions over four years in efforts to push anti-abortion and anti-LGBTQIA+ agendas