The agreement will give Terris Sugar discounted ownership of Tongaat Hulett’s R8 billion bank debt and control at the upcoming creditors’ vote
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Bonomade Machude Omar was one of the leaders of the insurgency that has sought to impose Islamic law in the north of Mozambique
The Southern African Development Community, European Union and Commonwealth observer missions said the elections had failed to conform to regional and international standards
The Southern African Development Community states have joined other regions on the continent as countries begin to merge their digital economies
However, the decreased number of attacks does not mean peace has descended upon Cabo Delgado
Communities and internally displaced persons are emotionally and physically bearing the brunt of decades of instability
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The Southern African Development Community says it does not condone the acts in the video and will take appropriate measures in line with international law
Unbearable poverty has finally ignited an uprising in the tiny kingdom and Mswati’s police and army officers are the first targets
Mozambique’s Cabo Delgado region has been hit by two insurgent attacks in three days
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South Africa is quick to forget ubuntu or its own destabilising role when it comes to regional policies
Migrant workers are seen as contributing to South Africa’s unemployment crisis. But cutting them off threatens to throw the regional economy off kilter
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A threatened coup in Lesotho was averted in 1998 and so was the apartheid regime’s attempt to cede part of South Africa to Swaziland
The leader of the insurgency in the country’s northern Cabo Delgado province is described as ‘sinister and brutal’ but ‘with a sense of justice’
With regional forces retaking Cabo Delgado, insurgents turn their attention inland
Young Mozambicans in the country’s north, who are driven to join Islamic insurgents by poverty, must be included in peace and security efforts
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The strife in Cabo Delgado has displaced more than 800 000 people. Some have found their way to the Rapale transit centre, where they are struggling to survive as foreign and local forces fight over their homelands.
Agreeing on the objectives of a national dialogue may seem like a straightforward exercise but, if the foundation is not correctly laid, fissures may appear to the detriment of the process
Informal banking and trade are both a lifeline for local communities and a grey area for terror financing, requiring progressive efforts to develop rather than de-risk
Mozambique is in no position to contribute significantly to the broader array of maritime security endeavours. That’s why international partners need to play a role
A police officer has fled the country after making allegations of human rights abuses
Nongovernmental organisations applying for observer status at the African Union are subjected to intense scrutiny but a non-African state merely needs the approval of the AU Commission’s chairperson
South Africa’s new military weapon takes a leaf out of the Libyan rebel forces’ handbook as it lands in Mozambique to fight insurgents
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We reveal details of the South African National Defence Force’s contribution to the Southern African Development Community’s military mission to rid Mozambique of insurgents
King Mswati summons the nation to dialogue but avoids democratic engagement as death toll rises
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For weeks protests in eSwatini have raged, and dozens of people have been killed. But what is life like for those demanding democracy in the monarchy?
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The countries offering training are the SADC, Italy, France, Portugal, Spain and the United States while it appears that Rwanda ‘has plans to deploy’
Opposition parties have requested that the regional delegation return to the Kingdom within one week and meet all stakeholders under one roof
The SADC states have failed to deliver on their human rights obligations by not securing vaccines
Ousted ministers’ splinter party could threaten prime minister’s coalition majority
All the minerals are here, so a golden opportunity exists if our governments provide incentives
Contradictory pandemic regulations could to be putting critical training in jeopardy