Johannesburg - United States civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has called on Africans to continue with the struggle against oppression, saying political emancipation is yet translated into economic freedom. ...Read More

Gaborone-As Botswana authorities this week announced that cyanobacteria was the cause of mysterious death of 330 elephants, their counterparts in Zimbabwe say preliminary investigations show that there is no link between the deaths of elephants in the two neighbouring countries. ...Read More

Sinikiwe Marodza Finally hope for Southern Africa seems to be here! After years and years of going through the El-Nino induced drought, the region is expected to receive normal to above normal rainfall for the 2020-21 cropping season, as per the latest report from the Global Agricultural Geo-monitoring Initiative (GEOGLAM). ...Read More

Lusaka – The swarm of African migratory locusts that invaded Southern Africa recently has now reached three provinces of Zambia, threatening the food security of seven million people in the country.President Edgar Lungu has tasked an inter-ministerial committee to get on top of the situation in western Zambia in conjunction with the International Red Locust Control Organisation of Central and Southern Africa (IRLCO-CSA). ...Read More

Windhoek – Namibia has said it will continue with its dehorning programme as a strategic line of defence to protect rhinos from poachers. ...Read More