Southern African News Features

Africa women’s rights protocol comes into force

by Saeanna Chingamuka - SANF 05 No 105 The coming into force of a protocol that seeks to protect the rights of African women could not...

SADC and SARDC formalize regional partnership

SANF 05 no 104 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has signed an agreement with a regional information resource centre to support the implementation, monitoring...

SADC to facilitate communication

by Joseph Ngwawi - SANF 05 No 103 The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is streamlining the flow of information about the region and has...

Zimbabwe’s Senate revived amid cracks in the main opposition

SANF 05 No 102 Zimbabweans go to the polls this weekend to elect a 66-member Senate amid signs of widening fissures within the country’s main...

SADC trains 1,300 peace-keepers

by Patson Phiri -  SANF 05 No 100 The dream of establishing a southern African stand-by army is slowly becoming a reality amid indications that...

SADC ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION PRELIMINARY STATEMENT ON THE ZANZIBAR ELECTIONS HELD 30TH OCTOBER 2005

At the invitation of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission the Southern African Development Community (SADC) deployed an Election Observers Mission to the 2005 Presidential, House...

Karume calls on opposition to work for Zanzibar’s development

 by Bayano Valy in Zanzibar - SANF 05 No 99 Zanzibar’s President, Amani Abeid Karume, has called on the opposition to work with the ruling...

CCM wins Zanzibar poll, President Karume re-elected

by Bayano Valy in Zanzibar -  SANF 05 No 97 Tanzania’s ruling party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), and its presidential candidate and incumbent, Amani Abeid...

Latest results from elections in Zanzibar

SANF 05 no 96 President Amani Abeid Karume of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has been re-elected with 53.2 percent of the vote. In Unguja,...

Guebuza succeeds Chissano as President of Mozambique

by Bayano Valy - SANF 05 no 08 Following bitter disputes over the result of elections in Mozambique, the incoming president has already called on...

Praise for gender equity in Zanzibar poll management

by Bayano Valy in Zanzibar - SANF 05 no 95 The Zanzibar Election Commission (ZEC) has received praise for observing gender equity in the just-ended...

Mozambique, a well-planned transition

by Bayano Valy - SANF 05 no 13 The photo of Mozambique’s new cabinet shows a few returning faces from the previous government, and more...