South Africa on Wednesday fielded four Cabinet ministers for a bilateral meeting with Mozambique as companies and other countries prepare for fresh protests in that country next week.

Air Portugal, or TAP, is contemplating moving crew members from “safe houses” in Mozambique to South Africa in anticipation of trouble after a ruling next week about the disputed election.

DR Congo on Tuesday filed a criminal case against European subsidiaries of tech giant Apple, accusing them of illegally using “blood minerals” in its supply chain.

South Africa and Mozambique are to hold a major bilateral meeting on Wednesday to discuss “ongoing tensions” in Mozambique, two months and a week after elections that have yet to be officially finalised.

President Cyril Ramaphosa struck an optimistic note on bilateral economic infrastructure development last week Thursday at the SA-Angola Trade Forum, welcoming investors and business leaders from the region’s two largest economies.

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame aborted his trip to Angola for talks with his Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) counterpart Felix Tshisekedi because the latter refused to have direct talks with the M23 rebels.

Mauritius is gearing up to attract more affluent golf enthusiasts. The 2040 square kilometers island is seeking to lure them with high-end courses.

Four white rhinos have died in Zimbabwe after drinking from a sewage-polluted lake that is also the main supplier of water to the nearby capital, the wildlife authority said on Saturday.

A Sudanese militia chief Friday denied all charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court, saying that prosecutors had got the wrong man.

Two Namibian opposition parties that are seeking to challenge the result of elections last month won a court order on Friday allowing them to inspect election materials.

International partners are coming to Malawi’s rescue as President Lazarus Chakwera tries to find a way out of a fuel shortage that has triggered riots.

South Africa and Angola have agreed to audit their existing bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding to deepen trade relations.

The African Union on Thursday urged Ethiopia and Somalia to implement “without delay” a breakthrough agreement aimed at ending tensions between the neighbours over Ethiopia’s access to the sea and called the deal an “important act”.

Clashes erupted on Wednesday between forces from Somalia’s federal government and the semi-autonomous Jubbaland region.

Most of the samples of people suffering from a mysterious respiratory illness tested positive for malaria, but experts remain worried about the rate of child mortality.

Zimbabwe is planning to hold 26% of new mining projects on a free carry basis, and will also negotiate with existing operators to acquire a similar stake.

Businesses in Mozambique have told President Filipe Nyusi to negotiate with opposition leader Venancio Mondlane because riots are affecting the country’s viability as an investment destination.

Ghana’s opposition leader John Mahama officially won the country’s election on Monday, easily defeating the ruling party candidate after voters punished the government’s economic management and high living costs.

A Sudanese military air strike on a market in North Darfur killed more than 100 people on Monday, a pro-democracy lawyers’ group said Tuesday, in a war marked by claims of atrocities on all sides.

?The effects of protests in Mozambique are being felt in South Africa, Zambia and Eswatini – as certification of the presidential election drags on more than two months after ballots were cast.

Former president Edgar Lungu cannot run for another term of office or any future presidential election, Zambia’s Constitutional Court ruled on Tuesday, closing the door on his planned challenge to incumbent Hakainde Hichilema in 2026.