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The legal recognition of the institution of traditional leadership and the role that traditional leaders should play in the governance of the country, remains one of the most vexing issues in democratic South Africa. A recent Constitutional Court judgment serves as a timely reminder of the complex history of traditional leadership in South Africa. While [...]
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Government says more than 1,000 jobs are expected to be created from the aquaculture projects in Siavonga (Southern Province). Siavonga DC Brave Mweetwa says so far two large scale fish farming companies have set up investment in the district which will offer employment creation opportunities for the local people.
Zimbabwe's Kariba Harvestors is which started operating the Kajojo Fishing farm plans to employ more than 700 employees once fully operational. Another firm Yalelo fishing company working in Kamimbi area already employs 250 people and is expected to add an additional 400 in due course.
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Egyptians are back to the drawing board, planning protests for June 30, to "topple the regime." The date, being circulated on social media under the hashtag #June30, marks the first anniversary of the rule of President Mohamed Morsi, a Muslim Brotherhood candidate, who was elected after massive protests started on January 25, 2011, had uprooted Hosni Mubarak.
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Over a dozen people are killed in an attack on a UN base in Mogadishu. Jihadist militants from Al Shabaab claim responsibility.Also a corruption scandal shakes up South Sudan's government and we hear from Tutsis in Democratic Republic of Congo who say they are the victims of revenge attack.All the latest African headlines with Georja Calvin-Smith.
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It is official. There is more piracy in the Gulf of Guinea now than off the coast of Somalia. The...
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Editor's Note: This op-ed originally appeared on CNN.
The accelerating pace of the slaughter of elephants for their tusks has put African elephants at catastrophic risk in the coming decades. To make matters worse, some of the region's most notorious armed groups are taking tusks to finance their atrocities.
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Editor's Note: This op-ed originally appeared on Politico. Robin Wright is an activist and an actor who stars on the Netflix series "House of Cards". JD Stier is the Enough Project's Raise Hope for Congo campaign manager. The two recently traveled to Congo; they continue to advocate for peace there.
Secretary of State John Kerry sent a powerful signal Tuesday to the people of war-torn eastern Congo by appointing former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) as the new U.S. special envoy to Africa's Great Lakes region. Feingold's appointment signals strong leadership from the Obama administration in supporting the peace process for Congo and the larger Great Lakes region. Grassroots women activists in Congo have been calling for President Obama to appoint a high-level envoy, because of his experience ...
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My colleagues and I at QCRI are spearheading a new experimental Research and Development (R&D) project with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) team in Cairo, Egypt. Colleagues at Harvard University, MIT and UC Berkeley have also joined the R&D ... Continue reading →
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Torture comes cheap for the old imperial powers. Just £2,670 was paid out this month to each of the 5,228 elderly Kenyans judged eligible for compensation as the British government finally settled a case it has attempted to block every step of the way (between 2005 and 2011 it insisted that officials had "misplaced" or [...]
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Japan's Toyota allegedly plans to set up a mega fertiliser production plant in Zambia. According to Zambia'a Ambassador to Japan Mwelwa Chibesakunda, Toyota is keen invest in agro input production in Zambia, as part of its diversifcation programme away from its traditional car manufacturing.
About three weeks ago, officials from Toyota Japan allegedly met Mr Chibesakunda and told him that they were interested in investing in Zambia's agriculture sector by setting up the fertiliser manufacturing plant. He says the investors have already been to the Nitrogen Chemicals of Zambia (NCZ), the country's only local fertiliser producing firm in Kafue, to look at the facility which has been struggling financially.
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