SADC requires US$625bn for priority projects
Wallace Ruzvidzo in ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar SADC needs US$625 billion to be able to implement priority projects outlined in the Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan (RISDP 2020-2030), the bloc’s Executive Secretary,…
SADC, US plan to boost relations
Wallace Ruzvidzo in ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar SADC and the United States are looking to recalibrate their partnership, grounding it on mutual trust, shared values and reciprocal benefit, Foreign Affairs and International…
‘British soldiers still using Kenyan sex workers’
NAIROBI. — An investigation by the British Army has found that some soldiers stationed at its training base in Kenya continue to use sex workers despite a 2022 ban. The…
‘Use democracy to transform lives’
ACCRA. — Ghanaian Vice President Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang has urged African countries to practice democracy to ensure the transformation of their countries and bring the needed rewards to their people.…
Uganda to restore once-extinct rhinos
KAMPALA. — Uganda will hold a rhino naming ceremony in September as part of efforts to restore a species once extinct in the country, a government official said. The event,…
Starvation spreading across Gaza
GAZA CITY. — In late July, the world’s leading hunger monitor declared what many had already feared: Famine is unfolding across Gaza, it said, with “a rise in hunger-related deaths”…
SA rejects US human rights report
JOHANNESBURG. — South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Ronald Lamola has criticised a recent US State Department human rights report on his country, describing it as “inaccurate and…
US$10bn Ethiopian Airlines/AfDB financing deal takes off
Reporter ETHIOPIA’S ambition to build a new international airport that will rival some of the world’s biggest, took off on Monday with a monumental signing ceremony marking the African Development…
‘Zim committed to Sadc prosperity’
AS Zimbabwe’s tenure as Chair of Sadc comes to an end, the country’s commitment to the development and prosperity of the region remains steadfast and deep, outgoing chair of the bloc’s Council of Ministers Professor Amon Murwira has said.
Sadc Council of Ministers meets
THE SADC Council of Ministers will convene here today for a three-day meeting ahead of the 45th Summit of Heads of State to be held on Sunday.











