Southern Africa

The ruling party has always been an ally of the Palestinian cause, in its fight against Israel, described as an apartheid regime. In May 2018, South Africa withdrew its ambassador from Tel Aviv and demoted the embassy to a simple contact office. Within the ANC's leadership, some activists are demanding to move on and break diplomatic ties with Tel Aviv. They were almost 200 gathered in front of the…

Like the rest of the world, the South African economy has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. The country most affected by Covid-19 on the continent was already struggling to renew its economic model even before the pandemic. The health crisis has therefore stopped the recovery work. A fatal blow? President Cyril Ramaphosa still hopes to rectify the situation, especially thanks to a recovery…

Pope Francis appointed Fulgence Muteba Mugalu this weekend as the new archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of Lubumbashi. The National Bishops' Conference in Congo (Cenco) announced this in a press release. The man of the Church intends to work to reduce inequalities and reconciliation. as reported from Kinshasa, Kamanda…

South Africa is the world's eighth largest producer of wine. The sector employs almost 300,000 people directly or indirectly and seeks to reorganize, while being overwhelmed by unsold goods. From our special correspondent in Cape Town,The harvest ended in the wine region around the city of Cape Town, and especially on Rob…

Between the 2018-2019 season and today, the cultivated areas have 10,000 hectares. South Africa is a very small producer country on an African and even regional scale, behind Zimbabwe and Zambia. So if its surface area thereby decreases, what future for the sector? From our correspondent in Johannesburg,The harvest is taking…

In South Africa, a research group is trying to make the rhino's horn radioactive with nuclear technology. This project aims to make ivory trading much more difficult. The project was initiated by the University of the Witwatersrand in collaboration with an American university, an Australian organization and the Russian Federal…

Coton Sport secured their ticket to the semi-finals of the Confederation Cup this Sunday 23 May after their 2-1 defeat on ASC Jaraaf's lawn in the second stage of the quarter finals. The Cameroonian club, winner 1-0 in the first stage, benefits from the away goal. He will meet JS Kabylie. The second semifinal will throw Pyramids FC against Raja Casablanca.…

The Ethiopian government has licensed a consortium led by Kenya's Safaricom, which also includes Britain's Vodafone and South Africa's Vodacom. This opening of the telecom market is a beneficial operation for Ethiopia in financial terms, for employment and investment. The Safaricom consortium will spend $ 850 million on its…

On Saturday, May 22, President Cyril Ramaphosa traveled to the north of the country, to Tafelkop, in the Limpopo region, to give 30 black farmers ownership of state land. A very political ceremony before the local elections, planned for the end of the year. The issue of land distribution continues to burn in the country and the promised reforms are taking place very slowly.…

Racism has a history and medical literature tells like no other about prejudice, explains historian Delphine Peiretti-Courtis, in a book published by La Découverte. During the nineteenth century in Europe and throughout the 19th century, the debate raged between polygenists and monogenists, in other words between those who…