INTERNATIONAL

The Civil Society Organizations Decentralization Alliance Network (CSO DAN) has accused the National Assembly of abrogating the Constitution. Organization Interim National Coordinator, George Chimembe has noted with concern that the National Assembly which is supposed to be the credo of democracy is allegedly abrogating article 88 of the Constitution which entrenches participation of ordinary citizens in the democratic governance of the ...

Zimbabwe’s new opposition party, the Citizens’ Coalition for Change, faces its first test at the polls with a series of votes across the country. By-elections are being held in 28 parliamentary constituencies (about a 10th of the total), as well as contests for local council seats. The party, led by Nelson Chamisa, has complained that some of its rallies have ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s spoken with UK PM Boris Johnson and “received assurances of his support” ahead of tomorrow’s emergency Nato summit in Brussels. Zelensky tweeted they “discussed the course of hostilities and defence assistance to Ukraine”. As we reported earlier, Johnson told his Cabinet colleagues “the West should not hesitate to go further in strengthening sanctions and providing further ...

The Ukrainian army has claimed in its morning update that Russia has resorted to getting former soldiers to join its war effort and make up for heavy losses. Military officials have been actively recruiting former servicemen particularly “those who already have combat experience”, the Ukrainian military said in an operational update posted on Facebook. It also claimed that Russian forces “in ...

A Russian official has laid out their plans to connect the Crimea peninsula to the south-eastern Russian-occupied Donbas region “once the military takes control” of the key port city of Mariupol. Kirill Stepanov is an adviser of Russia’s Southern Federal District which includes Crimea – the Ukrainian territory annexed by Russia in 2014. He told Russian news outlet RIA Novosti ...

Ukrainian military officials have claimed that almost 15,000 Russian troops have been killed since President Vladimir Putin launched his invasion more than three weeks ago. In an update posted to the Facebook page of Ukraine’s general staff, officials said that 14,700 Russian troops have been killed in 25 days of fighting. The update also claimed that a huge amount of ...

Russia said on Sunday it had used a hypersonic missile to target a fuel deport in Ukraine, the second consecutive day it has launched the cutting-edge weapon. A strike on Saturday targeted an underground weapons facility, which Russia said was the first time it had used the advanced weaponry since the war began. The BBC could not verify Moscow’s claims. ...

Mali’s military rulers are to take two French broadcasters off air in the country, after accusing them of reporting “false allegations”. Both RFI radio and France 24 television, who receive funding from Mali’s former colonial ruler France, will not be accessible in Mali for an undetermined time. in a statement on Thursday, Mali said it was taking the action because ...

Namibia’s President Hage Geingob has announced that wearing of face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places. Mr Geingob said vaccinated foreign visitors will not require PCR testing on arrival into the country. The removal of Covid-19 restrictions in the country comes amid a reduction in new virus cases being reported. The president increased the number of people ...

The owner of KFC and Pizza Hut said sales plunged by 20% in the first two weeks of March as a surge of new Covid cases spread across China. Yum China said “the situation has rapidly deteriorated” as regional lockdowns have been put in place to stem the outbreak. More than 1,100 of its stores are temporarily closed or offering ...