AFRICAN VIEW: COVID-19 upsurge holds Africa’s destabilisers at bay
The voice of reason JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – EXACTLY a year into its outbreak, the unprecedented eruption of the deadly novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has emerged a blessing in…
2020
Rebels reportedly use kids in CAR reign of terror
from OMAN MBIKO in Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR) BANGUI, (CAJ News) – THE United Nation peacekeeping mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) is investigating…
Passengers killed in CAR public transport shootout
from OMAN MBIKO in Bangui, Central African Republic BANGUI, (CAJ News) – THE killing of some passengers, including a health worker, in a public transport truck south of the…
Resurgent pandemic shuts annual Joburg festival
by SAVIOUS KWINIKA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE sold-out Johannesburg Festival of Lights has been called off in response to South Africa tightening lockdown regulations amid…
Mozambique on the cusp of an energy revolution
from ARMANDO DOMINGOS in Maputo, Mozambique MAPUTO, (CAJ News) – AFTER years of struggling to generate enough energy for its domestic market, Mozambique is on the verge of…
WHO tracks rising new COVID-19 variants in Africa
from ADANE BIKILA in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Ethiopia Bureau ADDIS ABABA, (CAJ News) – THE World Health Organization (WHO) has urged greater surveillance as new variants of…
OPINION: Why Francis Bergoglio will have the Vatican vaccinated?
by BISHOPS ROME, (CAJ News) – THE Catholic media (11 December 2020) announced that Bergoglio plans to vaccinate his employees against COVID-19 in the first months of next…
CAR elections: Results to be announced on January 4
from OMAN MBIKO in Bangui, Central African Republic BANGUI, (CAJ News) – PEOPLE in the Central African Republic (CAR) voted on Sunday to elect the country’s president for…
Exiled MDC founder arrested upon return to Zimbabwe
JOHANNESBURG – AN exiled founding member of Zimbabwe’s biggest opposition party has been arrested upon returning home from neighbouring South Africa. Sox Chikohwero,…
Positive COVID tests wreck Zim CHAN camp
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – THE second coronavirus (COVID-19) wave has thrown into disarray Zimbabwe’s preparations for the upcoming…