Zambia and Zimbabwe are Siamese twins – Mugabe
President Michael Sata says Zambia and Zimbabwe’s relations, dating back to the pre-independence era, were founded on common traditions and cultural values. He said Zambia could not celebrate its independence without the liberation of Zimbabwe.
He was speaking in Harare during Wednesday evening during a feast thrown for him by Robert Mugabe at that country’ State House.
“It is for that reason Zambia fought tirelessly to ensure...
US condemns attacks on South Sudan
The White House called on Sudan yesterday to stop its bombing raids of newly independent South Sudan and said the neighbouring countries needed to return to the negotiating table to avoid escalation.
“We strongly condemn Sudan’s military incursion into South Sudan. Sudan must immediately halt the aerial and artillery bombardment in South Sudan by the Sudan armed forces,” White House spokesman Jay Carney told...
Zuma On Track For Second Term – ANC Leaders
South Africa's President Jacob Zuma is the favorite to win a second term to lead the ruling ANC in a race dominated by factional politics instead of policy reforms for Africa's most powerful economy.
More than a dozen insiders in the ruling African National Congress told Reuters that Zuma had the race in hand even though there are strong factions in the party who...
EU Plans to Boost East Africa’s Capacity to Deal With Pirates
The European Union will begin a program to help East African nations improve maritime security as pirate attacks in the region decline, EU Ambassador to Tanzania Filiberto Ceriani Sebregondi said.
The so-called Regional Maritime Capacity Building program will cover Somalia, Kenya Tanzania, Djibouti, Seychelles and Mauritius, Sebregondi said in an interview yesterday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s commercial capital. “The program starts in a...
Combating Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa
For many decades now, the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa have been consigned to the bottom of the globes rich list. Decades of economic stagnation and declining living standards have turned Sub-Saharan Africa into the world’s poorest region. (Calderon & Severin 2010). United Nations Human Development Report figures show that the per capita income ratio in Sub-Saharan Africa fell from ninth of that in...
