#Mozambique weathers the heaviest demonstrations against irregularities in last month's election that put #Frelimo into it's sixth decade in power. SADC in emergency meeting on the crisis east of ##SouthAfrics. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
#NigerianPresidentBolaTenubu orders release of 76 charged with treason for prticipating in cost-of-living protests in August. Authorities probing alleged abuse of 52 minors included in accused. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
#Africanpouchedrats are being trained sniff out rhini horn, ivory and pangolin scales being trafficked. The giant rodents, four times the size brown rats, alreafy sniff out landmines and tuberculosis pathogen. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
#WagnerGroup have blotted their copybook in #Mali. Their defeat by #Tuareg rebels showed them as poorly coordinated. Mali wants more professional and disciplined security partners. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
#Spain's premier #PedroSanchez says immigrants "represent weakth, development and prosperity." Spain's central bank says the country need 25 million immigrants over the next 30 years to sustain pensions and the social security system. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
#UNSecurityCouncil calls for an end to 18 month war in #Sudan that has displaced 10- million people and put the country on the brink of famine. The UN powerhouse is unable to send peacekeepers because warring parties not ready to call a truce. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
With youth unemployment topping 45% and diamond revenue, which makes up four fifths of #Botswana's gdp, halved, #PremierMokgweetsiMasisi is hoping the #BDP will win Wednesday's election, giving him a second term at the helm. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
#Zimbabwe to compensate farmers, foreign and local, whose land was seized more than 20 years ago. Locals will be paid mostly in treasury bonds. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.
#Sudan and #Egypt, that have enjoyed total control of the #Nile waters since 1951, reject a cooperative framework agreement now in force with upstream riperian countries, led by #Ethiopia. My #AfricaReport on #CapeTalk.