Flooding kills at least 120 in Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa
Mozambique is calling for emergency assistance as heavy rains continue and the death toll from flooding rises. With tropical cyclone Idai expected to take landfall at Beira today, at least 120 people have died in Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa. Nearly a million have been displaced. Mozambique is particularly prone to heavy rai and flooding […]
Morocco prepared to swallow its pride to re-establish ambassadorial ties with South Africa
Morocco’s about to send an ambassador to South Africa after angrily withdrawing its envoy 15 years ago when then President Thabo Mbeki recognized the government Western Sahara illegally occupied by the north African kingdom. South Africa’s decision to accept a new ambassador is carefully timed to coincide with its hosting an international conference in supporting […]
Crashed Ethiopian Airlines black boxes arrive in Paris for analysis
Black boxes from the Boeing 737 Max that crashed near Addis Ababa four days ago have arrived in Paris for analysis. This follows President Donald Trump bowing to pressure from pilots, flight crew, politicians and flight crew and grounding the entire fleet of this plane. ends intro Boeing’s lost $25-billion in market value since the […]
Khama supporters face disciplinary action by Botswana’s ruling party
Dozens of members of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party – including some MPs – face disciplinary action for attending as meeting last month addressed by disaffected former President Ian Khama. Neighbouring Namibia’s President Heine Geingob, in his capacity as SADC chairman, has tried to intervene in the feud between Khama and in incumbent Mokgweetsi Masisi. […]