insert_link Africa Pan-African Youth Organization marks two decades Pan-African Youth Organization Marks Two Decades of Empowering Young Africans to Break the Cycle of Poverty and Drive Sustainable Change Image distributed by African Media Agency on behalf of gold-youth. RWANDA, Africa, 2 October 2024 -/African Media Agency(AMA)/- From classrooms to communities, gold-youth has been unlocking the potential of Africa’s young leaders for two decades. Now, it is set to expand its impact and reshape the future of an entire continent. gold-youth […] todayOctober 2, 2024 12
insert_link Africa Lithium mining in Zimbabwe: a story of loss for one community By Joshua Matanzima, The University of Queensland Lithium is an essential component of electric vehicle batteries, which are becoming more important as the world moves to a low-carbon energy future. Large deposits of lithium exist in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Bolivia, Canada, the US, Australia, Portugal, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Ghana. Zimbabwe is the largest producer of lithium in Africa, and the ninth largest in the world. The Zimbabwean […] todaySeptember 19, 2024 24
insert_link Africa Zimbabwe targets elephant population in drought response Bloomberg reports that approximately 200 elephants will be targeted from the nation’s population of over 100,000. Park officials say the overall elephant population is double what the national parks can sustain. Tinashe Farawo, spokesperson for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority said the cull falls within the country’s permitted hunting quota. According to Farawo, the elephants will be removed from regions where their population has become unsustainable. The culling […] todaySeptember 18, 2024 24
insert_link Africa African countries are adopting two houses of parliament to boost democracy – but that’s not always what happens By Thalia Gerzso, University of York At independence, most African states had two legislative chambers – a lower and upper chamber – in their parliament. African leaders saw that as a colonial legacy and as inefficient, so most states removed the upper chambers. Before 1990, only two states kept these bicameral parliaments: Liberia and Nigeria. Since then, however, 40% of the 44 sub-Saharan African states that hold regular […] todaySeptember 13, 2024 13
insert_link Africa Zimbabwe considers elephant culling for food amid drought Zimbabwe is considering culling elephants for the first time since 1988 as the country grapples with a devastating drought. Environment Minister Sithembiso Nyoni told lawmakers in Mount Hampden, near Harare, that discussions are underway to cull elephants and distribute the meat to drought-stricken communities in need of protein. This move comes as Zimbabwe faces one of the worst droughts in recent decades, leaving many communities food insecure. According to Bloomberg […] todaySeptember 12, 2024 55
insert_link Africa Africa’s ageing leaders: succession race in Cameroon, Congo and Equatorial Guinea could destabilise the region By Serge Loungou, Université Omar Bongo (UOB) Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo of Equatorial Guinea is 82 and has been in power for 45 years. Denis Sassou Nguesso of Congo, 79, has held on to power for 40 years. Cameroon’s Paul Biya is 91 and has been president for 42 years. Their extended tenures are largely due to a lack of constitutional limits on presidential age and terms […] todayAugust 23, 2024 10
insert_link Africa Sex sells in these Zimbabwe take-out chicken ads – showing how fragile masculinity is Mambo’s Chicken ads are the focus of a new study. Rustic/Getty Images By Gibson Ncube, Stellenbosch University Around the world, fast food advertising has been called out for sexualising and objectifying women’s bodies. In South Africa in 2019, for example, one fast food chain was castigated by advertising authorities for “the gratuitous use of sexualised women and sexual puns, with no product relevance”. At the same time, UK authorities […] todayAugust 23, 2024 22
insert_link Africa Namibians will never forget SADC’s support: Mbumba President Nangolo Mbumba said Namibia will never forget the solidarity Sadc leaders displayed during President Hage Geingob's passing. Speaking in Harare, Zimbabwe, on Saturday during the 44th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government and the Organ Troika Summit, he assumed the office of President in the wake of one of the most challenging and harrowing moments in the history of post-independent Namibia. He said Namibians are grateful […] todayAugust 18, 2024 22
insert_link Oshiwambo Dr Nangolo Mbumba opamwe nosheendo shaye ovafika mo Harare sha Zimbabwe Omupresident Dr Nangolo Mbumba okwafika mo Harare sha Zimbabwe oku kufa ombinga moshongalele shawedwapo oshi 44, shomapangelo nomitwe doilyolongo yo SADEC. Omupresident opamwe nosheendo shaye ovelidenga olweendo okuya ko Zimabwe onghela, mefiku omo twoo adimbuluka edalo laye newanifo lomido 83. Oshongalele oshi 44 shomapangelo nomitwe doilyolongo yo SADC, oshili tashi unganekwa noku kwatelewa komesho ku Zimbabwe. Olopota oyati oshongalele oshili tashi lalakanene oku xwaxwameka omatungululo noku patukununa eemito deyokomesho talikalele […] todayAugust 16, 2024 16
