UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has urged Zimbabwe to change its land-seizure policies to stave off the food crisis that threatens the country and compensate farmers who have lost their land.
The government predicts that a new diamond mine due to begin operating this year contains reserves of
23-million carats worth about ,5-billion, a news report said on Friday.
Leaders from the 14 nations of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) again rallied behind Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe on Thursday, after a two-day summit that ended with few concrete decisions.
Tens of thousands of Angolans could die of hunger unless the international community quickly sends emergency aid to the country.
Two high-ranking officers were among 25 people killed when a Russian-made military helicopter crashed due to bad weather in the Angolan province of Cuanza-Norte.
Southern African countries will launch a scheme in November to try to end the trade in blood diamonds, funding many of the continent’s conflicts, a senior regional official said on Sunday.
Angola’s civil war may have ended, but the behaviour and attitudes of its people are still dominated by violence, with women often on the receiving end.
At least 500 people have died of famine in the last four months in camps in Angola holding members of the former Unita rebel group.