Africa

[Namibian] FOLLOWING a dismal performance in last week’s regional council and local authority elections, Swapo says its offices will be closed for the festive season from 4 December until 11 January 2021.Read More

[Nyasa Times] Former president Peter Mutharika has taken the graft busting body, the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to court for refusing to unfreeze his bank accounts.Read More

[Nyasa Times] President Lazarus Chakwera is sending Malawi troops to Mozambique mid this month to fight the Islamist insurgents.Read More

[Premium Times] The new policy allows beneficiaries of remittances to receive inflows in foreign currency through their bank or into their domiciliary account.Read More

[Premium Times] The SGF warns the PENCOM board members against meddling in the day-to-day running of the agency.Read More

[Premium Times] The battleground will be this Saturday’s by-election for the vacant seat of Dass constituency at the Bauchi State House of Assembly.Read More

[Chatham House] Despite a positive record as one of Africa’s most resilient democracies, electoral violence has threatened every election cycle, and now does so again.Read More

[This Day] Abuja — The United Nations has said that the security challenges in West Africa and the Sahel, occasioned by violent attacks by terrorist groups, Boko Haram and the Islamic State for West African West African Province (ISWAP) are made worse by the coronavirus pandemic.Read More

[The Herald] Shakespeare says, “Some are born great, some achieve greatness and some have greatness thrust upon them.”Read More

[ISS] Despite a strong track record on police and military reform, SA’s foreign policy on the issue hasn’t been clear.Read More