DRC: What will stop the fighting?
JOHANNESBURG, 10 November 2008 (IRIN) - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: The elephant in the room
CAPE TOWN, 7 November 2008 (IRIN) - South African National Parks (SANParks) controversially auctioned off 47 metric tonnes (mt) of stockpiled ivory on 6 November, earning the government conservation agency US$6.7 million.
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NAMIBIA: Small town, BIG grant
OTJIVERO, 4 November 2008 (IRIN) - There are no roads, no major industry and no historical landmarks in Otjivero, a village about 150km east of Windhoek, the Namibian capital and previously known for little more than its poverty. But in January 2008 it became part of one of the world's first basic income grant (BIG) projects, and now stands the chance of setting an international precedent in the fight against poverty.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: The economic future may be darker
JOHANNESBURG, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) - Africa's marginalisation in the global financial system will not spare it the repercussions of the market meltdown affecting the rest of the world, but how hard its economies will be hit is unclear.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: "Sunny and dry" is an unwelcome forecast
JOHANNESBURG, 25 September 2008 (IRIN) - At least six countries in Southern Africa could receive poor rainfall during the critical planting season starting next month, says an early forecast for the 2008/09 agricultural season.
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NAMIBIA: Government steps up birth registrations
JOHANNESBURG, 22 September 2008 (IRIN) - Hundreds of thousands of undocumented Namibian children may be deprived of social service benefits, but a new government initiative launched at one of the country’s busiest hospitals hopes to change all that.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC meal planning
JOHANNESBURG, 22 August 2008 (IRIN) - The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced it will go ahead with plans to set up a regional grain reserve, while urging member states not to impose export restrictions on maize as the region grapples with high food prices.
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ZIMBABWE: SADC's big headache
JOHANNESBURG, 30 June 2008 (IRIN) - If the Southern African Development Community (SADC) "wished to be taken seriously" it would have to declare Robert Mugabe's presidential claim illegitimate, a regional analyst told IRIN.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: SADC calls for poll postponement
MBABANE, 25 June 2008 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe’s presidential run-off election scheduled for 27 June should be called off, regional leaders meeting in Swaziland said on Wednesday
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ZIMBABWE: Crackdown hits new intensity
HARARE, 23 June 2008 (IRIN) - Despite furious international criticism of political conditions in Zimbabwe ahead of this week's presidential poll, riot police on Monday picked up around 60 people - mostly women and children - sheltering at the headquarters of the opposition party in the capital, Harare.
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