from OMEGA SSUUNA in Bujumbura, Burundi Burundi Bureau BUJUMBURA, (CAJ News) THE detention of five human rights defenders and the imprisonment of a journalist has escalated the fallout between Burundi and the United Nations Commission on Human Rights …
from EMEKA OKONKWO in Abuja, Nigeria Nigeria Bureau ABUJA, (CAJ News) CHINA has advised its nationals in Nigeria to prioritise their safety as the political and security situation in the West African country worsens.The just-concluded elections, which…
from SAMBULO DLAMINI in Mbabane, Eswatini Eswatini Bureau MBABANE, (CAJ News) ESWATINI Air’s eagerly-anticipated return to the skies has finally been realized as the company resumed flights to neighbouring South Africa this past weekend.The revamped a…
by MTHULISI SIBANDA JOHANNESBURG, (CAJ News) PRESIDENT Cyril Ramaphosa has hailed South Africa’s social protection system as one of the biggest achievements by the post-apartheid government.He refuted criticism that the expansion of the system was a s…
from ODIRILE TOTENG in Gaborone, Botswana Botswana Bureau GABORONE, (CAJ News) THE launch of a new cook book is another step by Botswana to promote gastronomy tourism, as a way of diversifying the sector.Minister of Environment, Natural Resources Cons…
THE path of history is not paved like Nevsky Avenue in St Petersburg; it runs across fields, either dusty or muddy, and cuts through swamps or forest thickets,” wrote Nikolay Chernyshevsky, a great Russian scholar and critic in the 19th century.In two …
