3+ hour, 44+ min ago  (422+ words) The proposed law changes seek to extend presidential and parliamentary terms, and potentially shift the election of the president from direct voting to parliamentary voting Zimbabwe is holding nationwide public hearings on a controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, which could…...

6+ hour, 24+ min ago  (384+ words) Zimbabwe is holding nationwide public hearings on a controversial Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, which could extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's rule and significantly reshape the country's electoral system. At the heart of the proposals is a plan to extend presidential and…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago  (316+ words) South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has sought to defuse tensions after reports had suggested that his country's invitation to participate in the forthcoming G7 summit in France was withdrawn. Reports claimed on Thursday that South Africa's exclusion from the June summit…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (213+ words) Zimbabwe's information ministry announced on Wednesday that 15 of its citizens had been killed on "foreign battlefieds." Ukraine said last month it had identified more than 1,780 citizens from 36 African countries fighting in Russian ranks. Kenya's foreign minister, whose country is among…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (229+ words) Guinea's armed forces on Tuesday began to gradually withdraw troops deployed along its borders with Liberia and Sierra Leone, following agreements reached at a summit of Mano River Union heads of state, according to an official statement. The Guinean army…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (342+ words) Major container shipping lines have rerouted around South Africa's Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula. The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) says it will provide services to ensure secure and efficient passage of all…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (912+ words) In a small village in rural Malawi, nine-year-old Chikondi sits at the front of her crowded classroom, her brow furrowed in concentration. She watches the teacher's lips move, catching a word here and there, but most of the lesson is…...

4+ week, 11+ hour ago  (255+ words) The Home Office said the number of asylum applications by students from affected countries had "rocketed." The British government announces it would stop issuing education visas to nationals from Cameroon and Sudan, as well as Afghanistan and Myanmar, as part…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (220+ words) Zimbabwe has frozen exports of raw minerals and lithium concentrate, the mines ministry said on Wednesday, tightening control over materials key to clean'energy technologies and defence industries. The ban takes immediate effect, covers all raw minerals already in transit and…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (281+ words) Zimbabwe's cabinet approved on Tuesday sweeping changes to the constitution that critics said was part of a bid to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term by two years until 2030. The changes, which still need to be presented to parliament, include extending…...