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On Thursday, Racquel "Kelly" Smith, her boyfriend Jacquin Appollis, and her friend Steveno van Rhyn were sentenced to life in prison for trafficking her six-year-old daughter Joshlin Smith, who disappeared from her home in Saldanha Bay in February 2024 and remains missing.

South African Mother Gets Life Sentence for Selling 6-Year-Old Daughter

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Trump Confronts Ramaphosa Over 'White Genocide' Claims

First White South African Refugees Arrive in US Amid Controversy

xAI: Unauthorized Change Made Grok Push South Africa Genocide Claims

Episcopal Church Ends Refugee Program Over South African Policy

South Africa

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has ordered a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate allegations that previous African National Congress governments deliberately blocked investigations and prosecutions of apartheid-era crimes.

Ramaphosa Orders Inquiry Into Apartheid-Era Prosecutions

EU Pledges $5.1B to South Africa Amid US Policy Tensions

US Skips G20 Talks Over South Africa Land Reform Dispute

World's First Openly Gay Imam Shot Dead in South Africa

Trump Threatens to Cut South African Aid Over Land 'Confiscations'

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Saturday announced in a statement that his country would suspend "all tariffs levied on goods originating from the United States." Mnangagwa said this action is meant to show the country's "commitment to a framework of equitable trade and enhanced bilateral cooperation" with America.

Zimbabwe's Mnangagwa Waiving Tariffs on US Imports

Zimbabwe: 98 People in Custody After Anti-Government Protests

US Sanctions Zimbabwe Leader Over Alleged Abuses

MAR 5 2024MAR 2024

Ghana Supreme Court Dismisses Challenges to Anti-LGBTQ Bill

DEC 18 2024DEC 2024

Zimbabwe Struggles to Contain Cholera Outbreak

OCT 24 2023OCT 2023

Mozambique

Mozambique's security forces killed hundreds of civilians in a three-month crackdown, according to Amnesty International in a report released on Wednesday.

Amnesty International Accuses Mozambique of Violent Post-Election Crackdown

6K Inmates Escape, 33 Killed in Mozambique Prison Break

DEC 26 2024DEC 2024

EU Observers Note Irregularities in Mozambique Vote Counting

OCT 23 2024OCT 2024

Mozambique Top Court Confirms Ruling Party's Victory

DEC 24 2024DEC 2024

UN: 114M People Displaced Globally

OCT 26 2023OCT 2023

Madagascar

Madagascar: Top Court Confirms President's Re-election

DEC 1 2023DEC 2023

Madagascar's Parliament passed a law allowing for the castration of those convicted of raping minors. The law must now be approved by the High Constitutional Court and then signed by President Andry Rajoelina, who proposed the legislation.

Madagascar Passes Controversial Sex Offender Law

FEB 12 2024FEB 12 2024

Malawi

Several media outlets reported on Wednesday that the Congolese anti-government March 23 Movement (M23) militia has gained control of the mining city of Nyabibwe in the eastern province of South Kivu, near the city of Kalehe and the provincial capital of Bukavu.

M23 Seizes Another Town in Eastern DRC Despite Unilateral Cease-Fire

Malawi's Vice President Dies in Plane Crash

JUN 11 2024JUN 2024

UK Archbishop ‘Concerned’ Over Talk of Jerusalem Embassy Move

OCT 10 2022OCT 2022

WHO Approves 2nd Malaria Vaccine

OCT 3 2023OCT 2023

World Leaders Pledge Billions to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria

SEP 22 2022SEP 2022

Botswana

Botswana Threatens to Ship 20K Elephants to Germany

APR 3 2024APR 2024

45 Killed After South Africa Bus Crash

MAR 29 2024MAR 2024

Botswana's ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) has lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in 58 years, coming in fourth place in Wednesday's general election. The BDP had governed the southern African nation since it became independent in 1966.

Botswana: Ruling Party Loses 58-Year Majority

NOV 1 2024NOV 1 2024

Zambia

Zambia Declares National Emergency Due to Drought

MAR 1 2024MAR 2024

Kamala Harris Speaks in Ghana as Part of African Tour

MAR 29 2023MAR 2023

The U.S. Ambassador to Zambia, Michael Gonzales, announced that the U.S. is cutting $50 million in annual medical funding to Zambia, citing "systematic theft" of donated medicines that were intended for free distribution to the Zambian public. Cuts are scheduled to take effect starting from January 2026.

US Cuts $50M in Medical Aid to Zambia Over 'Systematic Theft'

US Vice President Harris Begins Africa Trip

MAR 27 2023MAR 2023

Namibia

India: Four Cheetah Cubs Born 70 Years After Extinction

MAR 29 2023MAR 2023

UN Agreement Inches Towards Conserving 30% of Earth's Area

DEC 19 2022DEC 2022

On Tuesday, Namibia's Vice Pres. Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, became the country's first female president and extended the ruling SWAPO party's 34-year hold on power after she won the country's presidential election with 57% of the vote.

Namibia Elects First Female President Amid Electoral Dispute

DEC 4 2024DEC 4 2024

Eswatini

Eswatini: Unknown Gunmen Kill Popular Opposition Leader

JAN 23 2023JAN 2023

Honduras on Sunday established diplomatic relations with the PRC, formally switching its official recognition to Beijing a day after severing ties with Taiwan, thereby completing a pledge made by Pres. Xiomara Castro earlier this month.

Honduras Cuts Diplomatic Ties with Taiwan, Opens Relations with China

MAR 26 2023MAR 26 2023