FFP ranks Zambia 41st on 2018 Fragile States Index

ZAMBIA is ranked 41st most fragile state with a score of 87.2 out of 178 counties on the latest 2018 Fragile States Index. South Sudan and Somalia are the worst states with...

Fired Zimbabwe nurses sue govt, members to resume work

Zimbabwean nurses have called off a strike against poor working conditions and...

Cameroon forces in gross abuse over Anglophone, Boko Haram crisis – US report

Cameroon security forces have been cited as engaging in significant human rights...

Katumbi Congolese, not Italian, says his lawyer

MOSES Katumbi’s lawyer says the leading opposition leader is a Congolese national...

Swaziland renames itself ‘eSwatini

Swaziland will officially be renamed the Kingdom of eSwatini, which translates as...

8 Egyptian soldiers, 14 militants die in Sinai attack
By Africa News on April 16, 2018
Eight Egyptian soldiers and 14 militants were killed in fighting in central Sinai on Saturday when gunmen carrying explosive belts and grenades targeted a military...
Boko Haram abducts over 1,000 children since 2013
By Africa News on April 14, 2018
Islamist fighters from Nigeria’s Boko Haram group have abducted more than 1,000 children in the northeast since 2013, the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF said...
South Africa bids emotional farewell to ‘Mama Winnie’ Mandela
By teleSur on April 11, 2018
Thousands of mourners have flocked to the heart of South Africa’s sprawling Soweto township, a center of anti-apartheid resistance, to pay tribute to Nelson Mandela’s...
Botswana’s 30 year old minister becomes internet sensation across Africa
By Africa News on April 11, 2018
Kenewendo was one of the ministers appointed by Botswana’s new president Mokgweetsi Masisi, who in his inaugural address pledged to invest in the youth and...
NUMSA to lodge complaint with Zambian, SA govts over deportation of its members
By Natalie Ngosa on April 9, 2018
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa has condemned the Zambian immigration authorities for their harassment and ill treatment of NUMSA members. Meanwhile,...