For more than 100 years, anthropologists and other scientists have studied the San people who live in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa, with pockets in Angola, Lesotho, Zambia and other southern nations. Now, those scientists who want to study their culture, heritage and genes will need to abide by a code…
Fifteen people have died in a fresh malaria outbreak in Namibia, and another 6,000 people have been affected, the government said in a new report. The Namibian reported Wednesday that nearly all the cases are clustered along the northeast border, with the Kavango East and West regions the hardest hit….
Tragedy struck at a football match in Angola Friday, where 17 people died as a crowd of fans rushing into the stadium at Uíge stampeded over them. The state-owned ANGOP news agency said the fans died at the 4 January stadium, where the Santa Rita and Libolo contest had been…
As China presses forward with its Belt and Road Initiative, the 21st century vision for a new Silk Road to connect China and Europe by land and sea, a new working group for Portuguese-speaking countries will explore their own opportunities and roles. The Association of Friends of the New Silk Road…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a strong rebuke to the United States Wednesday night, following a major speech by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the Israeli-Palestinian peace and last week’s United Nations Security Council resolution on the legality of Israeli settlement expansion. “What he did was spend…
Tanzanian health officials on Friday said there are no cases of the Zika virus in the country, despite the alarm over test results released in a study by the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR). Catherine Sungura, the acting communications chief for the Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly…
President Jacob Zuma announced Monday his plans to attend the funeral for former Cuban President Fidel Castro in Havana, South African media reports. Zuma also has directed flags across South Africa to be flown at half staff beginning Tuesday as ceremonies honoring Castro’s life begin. The death of Castro, the 90-year-old…
The United Nations has called for the release of the Angolan human rights activist José Marcos Mavung who has been detained by the government. The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary detention (UNWGAD) has condemned the detention and conviction of Mavung saying it is arbitrary and violates international law. Mavung…
A wide array of literature asserts the growing dominance of Africa in the coming decades. With the continent analogous to images of poverty, conflict and disease, the tides might be changing to a more economically developed Africa. However, the situation may also portend a case of overestimation of its potential….