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Regional economic integration vital

1 week ago - 09 July 2019 | Africa

President Hage Geingob said the creation of a continent-wide free-trade area is an initiative the Southern African Development Community (SADC) aligns itself with. He made the comments in Niamey, Niger at an African Union meeting.“The...

SA's new cabinet: Here's how much taxpayers will save...

1 month - 30 May 2019 | Africa

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced South Africa's new executive on Wednesday night, and the cabinet shrank by eight ministers and one deputy minister. On salaries alone, that means an annual saving of more than R21 million....

Let there be peace - Geingob

2 months ago - 13 May 2019 | Africa

Namibia remains ready and committed to work with Guinea for the economic independence of the two nations, said President Hage Geingob during a state visit of that country's president Alpha Condé to Namibia. “The Africa...

Kagame praised, feared

2 months ago - 06 May 2019 | Africa

A quarter-century after Rwanda's brutal genocide, President Paul Kagame remains a constant figure atop the country's politics, feted by those who say it needs his visionary leadership and loathed by others who see a firm...

Southern Times becomes 'regional baby'

2 months ago - 30 April 2019 | Africa

The executive director in the information ministry (MICT) Mbeuta Ua-Ndjarakana says the Southern Times newspaper will be transformed into a multi-lateral regional mouthpiece for the 16-member SADC.Ua-Ndjarakana said the original owners of the newspaper –...

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Kenneth puts 700 000 at risk

2 months ago - 29 April 2019 | Africa

Flooding began on Sunday in parts of northern Mozambique that were hit by Cyclone Kenneth three days ago. The government has urged many people to...

SADC begs for Cyclone Idai victims

3 months ago - 12 April 2019 | Africa

SADC chair Hage Geingob yesterday declared the situation created by Cyclone Idai a regional disaster. Geingob launched the SADC Regional Humanitarian Floods Appeal,...

Sudan's Bashir brought down by people he ruled...

3 months ago - 11 April 2019 | Africa

Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir, long wanted on genocide and war crimes charges, was finally brought down in a popular uprising by the very people he...

Gadaffi's 'missing millions'

3 months ago - 08 April 2019 | Africa

Libyan military authorities have asked South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to help recover a stash of cash, estimated to about R442 million, belonging to the...

Rwanda begins 100-day mourning for genocide victims

3 months ago - 08 April 2019 | Africa

Rwanda yesterday began 100 days of mourning for more than 800 000 people slaughtered in a genocide that shocked the world, a quarter of a...

'No cause for alarm'

3 months ago - 05 April 2019 | Africa

International relations executive director Selma Ashipala-Musavyi says it is safe to travel to South Africa, as calm has since returned to Durban, following a wave...

Art for humanity

3 months ago - 01 April 2019 | Africa

?German human rights group Pixelhelper has erected an eight-metre copy of the European Union's external border in Morocco to serve as a memorial for all...

Oondjindikila dhaZimbabwe dha lelepekwa

4 months ago - 08 March 2019 | Africa

OMUTOOLINKUNDATHANA GWOMENIOmupresidende gwaUS Donald Trump okwa lelepeke ishewe oondjindikila ndhoka dha tulilwa mo Zimbabwe nomvula yimwe, nokwiidhimbika omaindilo gaaleli yaSADC mwakwatelwa Omunashipundi gwoSWAC omupresidende...

Geingob a nyanwa omolwa onkalo...

4 months ago - 20 February 2019 | Africa

Ongundu tayi iyithana 'Concerned group of Zimbabwe' oshiwike sha piti oya nyana omuleli gwaNamibia, Hage Geingob omolwa omapopyo ge ngoka a ningi oshiwike sha...

Nigeria vote delay condemned

4 months ago - 18 February 2019 | Africa

Nigeria's top candidates on Saturday condemned the last-minute decision to delay the presidential election for a week until February 23, blaming each other but appealing...

Logistical problems force Nigeria election...

4 months ago - 16 February 2019 | Africa

Nigeria's electoral watchdog today postponed presidential and parliamentary elections for one week, just hours before polls were due to open.The two main political parties swiftly...

DR Congo's 'invisible' massacre

5 months ago - 11 February 2019 | Africa

It was a bloodbath that happened out of sight of the rest of the world and was largely unnoticed even at home, occurring in the...

SADC stands by Maduro

5 months ago - 10 February 2019 | Africa

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has joined countries such as Russia and China to stand by under-fire Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. In a statement,...