The new leader of Mozambique wants peace after big protests. Daniel Chapo from the Frelimo party asked people to stay calm and work together. The trouble started when many people said his party cheated to win the election in October.
The fighting got very bad this week. Streets were blocked, and some people broke into stores. A lot of people even broke out of jail in the capital city, Maputo. Sadly, 134 people died during these protests. The total number of deaths since the election has reached 261.
Chapo spoke up after the country's top court said he won. He said the fighting happened in several big cities, such as Maputo, Matola, Beira, and Nampula. He warned that this fighting made life harder for everyone and put more people out...
The chicken farmers in Zimbabwe have good news. They kept making enough baby chicks this year, even with the drought. They made about 100 million baby chicks, which is what the country needs.
The drought made life difficult for many farmers in southern Africa. Crops died, and water became scarce. But the chicken farmers found ways to keep going. They changed how they fed their chickens. Instead of using just one type of food, they mixed in different things, like sunflower meal.
Every month, these farmers raise about eight million baby chicks that will eventually become meat chickens. They also raise enough chickens to lay eggs, which means people can buy all the eggs and chicken meat they want.
Farming helps Zimbabwe's economy grow...
Hippo Valley Sugar Company thinks next year will be better than 2024. They have enough water for their crops and better ways to grow sugar cane. They also did well in the first half of this year.
The company plans to sell more sugar. Its trucks can bring in sugar cane faster, and its machines can extract more sugar from each plant. Thus, it will have plenty of sugar for people in Zimbabwe to buy, and it can also sell sugar to other countries.
The government helped by making people pay extra money to bring sugar from other countries. This means more people will buy sugar made in Zimbabwe. Hippo Valley can keep selling sugar outside Zimbabwe because they make enough for everyone.
The company started a big project called "Kilimanjaro."...
Zimbabwe wants to change how shipping insurance works. Right now, companies send their money to other countries to protect their goods when they ship them. The government thinks this needs to stop.
Minister Mthuli Ncube discussed this plan when he shared the country's financial plans for 2025. He said Zimbabwe loses too much money because local companies buy insurance from foreign firms. He wants local insurance companies to handle this business instead.
Many people who know about insurance think this is a great idea. Garikai Ncube, who helps companies get insurance, says it could make a big difference. He believes local insurance companies can do the job well and create more work for people in Zimbabwe.
Vincent Magura, another...
The courts in Zimbabwe want the law changed. They say local judges need more power to punish criminals. Right now, these judges can only give out 12-year jail terms. They want to give longer sentences when crimes are very bad.
The problem came up in a case about two men who robbed a school. Israel Mufure and Charles Murinda scared teachers with a gun and stole from them. The local judge gave them 20 years in jail - 10 years for the robberies and 10 more for breaking in.
But two higher court judges, Justice Muremba and Deputy Judge Mawadze, said this wasn't enough. The law says robbers who use weapons should get 20 years, but local judges can't give more than 12 years.
Justice Muremba asked the local judge about this. The judge said...
The health team in Zimbabwe has good news about cholera in Kariba. They worked hard to stop the sickness from spreading, and many groups helped them do this.
The first sick person showed up in Kariba back in November. After that, 126 people got sick. But the health workers did a great job helping them. Almost everyone who got sick got better. The doctors say 99 out of 100 people recovered.
Dr Celestino Dhege runs health services in that area. He says everyone worked together to beat the sickness. The whole town pitched in to help.
Things look much better these days. No one has gotten sick in the last five days. But there is a sad part to the story. The first person who got cholera was a 35-year-old woman from Gatche-Gatche. The...
Building owners in Harare city center are upset with Mayor Jacob Mafume. They say he hasn't fixed their big problems. These owners include big companies like Mohammed Mussa and Bhika Brothers.
The owners wrote a letter to tell the mayor what was wrong. They pay too much for city services. Their water bills have mistakes. The streets are too crowded. Crime makes things unsafe. Their buildings are worth less money than before.
The owners want answers fast. They told the mayor he had 14 days to fix things. If he doesn't, they might sue him. They've been asking for help for six months, but nothing has changed.
The owners have met with the mayor twice already. The city sent people to these meetings, too. Everyone agreed the owners were...
Victoria Mudyanembwa has won a big award. She just graduated with top marks in chemistry from the University of Zimbabwe. The award she got is called the Rhodes Scholarship. It means she can go study at Oxford University in England without paying anything.
She's 24 years old and beat many other people to get this special chance. The Rhodes Scholarship picks students from all over the world who do really well in school and show they can be good leaders.
Victoria is very happy about winning. She thanks her family and all the people who helped her get this far. The Rhodes Scholarship started way back in 1903. It's really hard to get—only one person from Zimbabwe was picked this year.
The people who chose Victoria liked how smart she...
Here's what happened at Liberia's parliament: A big fire broke out there on December 18. The flames burned down many offices and important papers. This wasn't the first fire - another one had struck just a week before.
The fires came during a tough time in Liberian politics. People were angry about how some lawmakers tried to remove Speaker Jonathan Fonati Koffa from his job. The day before the big fire, police used tear gas on protesters who wanted the law to be followed in this fight about the speaker.
The police think someone might have set the fire on purpose. They talked to Speaker Koffa and others about what happened. President Joseph Boakai visited the burned building and said he thinks someone started the fire to cause trouble...
