Sister’s diamond role puts spotlight back on Lourenco family
from PEDRO AGOSTO in Luanda, Angola LUANDA, (CAJ News) – THE listing of President Joao Lourenco’s sister as a shareholder in Angola’s major diamond company has…
Africa & World
Muslims stranded after Tripoli airport attacks
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – ATTACKS on the only functioning airport in the Libyan capital Tripoli have put in doubt the travel of Muslim faithful to…
Resolution of Zimbabwe land deadlock paves way for regional park
from PATRICK CHITONGO in Chiredzi, Zimbabwe CHIREDZI, (CAJ News) – AN almost two-decade deadlock between conservancy owners and Zimbabwean villagers that forcibly occupied…
Dozens dead in Lake Chad cholera outbreaks
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – AN outbreak of cholera has claimed the lives of at least 39 people in the Lake Chad Basin since the beginning of…
Murder, kidnappings as Nigeria church leaders under siege
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria ABUJA, (CAJ News) – NIGERIAN police have initiated a crackdown to arrest suspects behind the killing of a Catholic priest and the…
Typhoid eruption gives Zimbabwe a health scare
from MARCUS MUSHONGA in Harare, Zimbabwe HARARE, (CAJ News) – ZIMBABWEAN civil society organisations have accused the government of violating citizens’ rights following…
Blockbuster fixtures mark Absa Premiership return
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – AN increase in prize money and a flurry of signings made in the transfer window period paves way for what is anticipated to be…
Migrants finally land in Italy after horror at sea
from AHMED ZAYED in Tripoli, Libya TRIPOLI, (CAJ News) – SOME 116 African refugees and migrants have finally been allowed to disembark in Italy after five days of being stranded…
Blockchain technology empowers farmers across Africa
by TINTSWALO BALOYI JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – THE adoption of blockchain technology is uplifting smallholder farmers, expanding financial inclusion and empowering more…
Africa defiant amid global smartphone sales decline
by MTHULISI SIBANDA Africa Editor JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) – SUB-Saharan Africa, North Africa and the Middle East are set to defy an ongoing slump in worldwide sales of…