Southern Africa

Another 22 people have died in riots in South Africa, a provincial official said on Tuesday, bringing the national number of deaths from violence to 32. The fee in KwaZulu-Natal province is now 26, Sihle Zikalala told a news conference on Tuesday, a day after officials confirmed six deaths in Gauteng province. "These were people who were killed during storms when protesters sprang up," he said, without specifying which parts of the province. After days of protests and looting following the…

Tensions are rising in South Africa, which has been subjected to violence released by pro-Zuma activists in the Zulu country for four days. Police ... At least six people have died since Saturday. President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke on national television this Monday, July 12, calling for calm and mobilizing the army. The…

This is one of the UN's goals for sustainable development: to eradicate world hunger by 2030. It will not be achieved. It is now a security. According to the UN, malnutrition and hunger, largely driven by the pandemic and economic crisis, increased further in 2020. Chronic hunger now affects almost 10% of the world's population. Asia is the first to be affected, but the trend is particularly worrying…

Jacob Zuma has been imprisoned since last Wednesday, July 7. The 79-year-old former South African president is expected to serve 15 months in prison for contempt for justice. Jacob Zuma has stubbornly refused to answer questions from a commission of inquiry into corruption. The Constitutional Court is reviewing its sentence on Monday, July 12, when the trial triggered violence in the country and forced the army to deploy. It is a technical litigation debate that is still going on between the lawyer of the former…

South Africa's Supreme Court has heard a challenge from former President Jacob Zuma to a 15-month prison sentence on Monday when police said six people had been killed and more than 200 arrested in connection with protests and looting since last week. Occasional violence and looting continued on Monday, after a weekend of unrest by pro-Zuma protesters, mainly concentrated in his home province of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN). Some disturbances spilled into the country's largest city, Johannesburg. According to police, six people…

The curtain fell this Saturday, July 10, in Kinshasa on the third day of the States General on Mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They make up the bulk of the country's exports, but do not earn enough in the treasury. More than a hundred recommendations came out of this meeting, written by the hundred participants, the authorities and the managers of mining companies, to make the mining sector…

Several rankings of the best universities in the world are unanimous in placing Cape Town and Wits in South Africa at the forefront of Africa. These top 10 overlap with nuances, depending on selection criteria, and do not include any French-speaking country. Only the University of Cape Town in South Africa wins in the league of the 200 best universities in the…

Some sporadic demonstrations broke out on Friday, July 9, in support of Jacob Zuma, imprisoned for three days. Roads were blocked, cars were targeted and police arrested. The clashes centered around Durban, in the KwaZulu-Natal region where the former president is coming. Despite these few incidents, among figures from South African activism, the arrest of Jacob Zuma is seen as a symbol of good health…

Raja Casablanca, released in the Champions League, left by Wydad in the Moroccan championship, released in the National Cup, can beautify his 2020-2021 season if it wins the Confederation Cup, this Saturday 10 July in Cotonou. For this, it will be necessary to beat in the final a JS Kabylie who is keen to win his first continental trophy since 2002.…

The former South African president spent his first night behind bars. "Zuma fought against the law and the law won", launches the South African newspaper's website Sunday Times, by translating this form of a local proverb: "everything has an end".For its part, the information portal Mail & Guardian tells "how JZ was pressured into surrender" and reports "intense talks between the police chiefs, the ANC leadership in…