Activists question police report on Msundwe
Gender and women’s rights groups are poking holes into the Malawi Police Service report into the Msundwe sexual abuse scandal. 18 women and girls were...
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Chakwera assumes SADC chairmanship
President Lazarus Chakwera has taken over the mantle of the SADC leadership from his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Jacinto Nyusi. In his acceptance speech, at the...
Zambia counts votes in closely fought elections
BBC Vote counting is continuing in Zambia, where millions of people cast their ballots in closely contested general and presidential elections. Large queues formed outside...
Arrest of aides, litmus test for Chakwera- Commentators
By Edger Ntulumbwa Political commentators are appealing to President Lazarus Chakwera not to interfere in justice delivery over the arrest of his aides and...
Guinea records first Marbug virus
BBC Guinea health officials have confirmed West Africa’s first case of Marburg, a highly infectious disease in the same family as the virus that causes...
SA bid farewell to acting giant
BBC South Africans have bid farewell to celebrity actor, producer, and director Aaron, Arthur “Shona” Ferguson, who has been laid to rest in a private...
Instagram blocks gold medalist for sharing race win
BBC Olympic gold medalist sprinter Elaine Thompson-Herah was mistakenly blocked on Instagram, its owner Facebook Inc has confirmed. Thompson-Herah, the fastest woman in the world,...
SADC leaders approve troops deployment to Mozambique
SADC leaders have approved the deployment of troops to Mozambique to help the country combat an escalating Islamic State-linked insurgency. The 16-member Southern African Development...
Three killed at polling station in Ethiopia
BBC At least three people have been killed after an attack around a polling station 160km (99 miles) from the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. An...
Royals welcome Harry and Meghan’s baby girl
BBC The Queen is “delighted” after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced the birth of their second child, Lilibet “Lili” Diana Mountbatten-Windsor, Buckingham Palace...