SIHMA Press Review for November 2024
PRESS REVIEW – SOUTH AFRICA 01 - South Africa shuts border crossing with Mozambique over poll unrest Wycliffe Muia, BBC News, 11/06/2024 South Africa has closed the Lebombo border crossing with Mozambique amid violent protests following Mozambique's disputed presidential election. The unrest has resulted in torched vehicles and damaged buildings near the border. South African authorities fired rubber bullets and...
SIHMA Press Review for October 2024
PRESS REVIEW – SOUTH AFRICA 01 - South Africa’s GNU faces an uphill battle on migration policy Margaret Monyani, Mmabatho Mongae, ISS – Institute for Security Studies in Africa, 10/07/2024 South Africa’s Government of National Unity faces challenges in reconciling competing interests on migration policy. Despite some progressive asylum and migration policies, the country struggles with populist rhetoric...
What is happening in Cabo Delgadao, Mozambique?
For the past three years the population of Cabo Delgado has been faced with repeated terrorist attacks. A region rich with natural gas and other minerals, Cabo Delgado is located in the northeast of Mozambique, with a population of 2.3. million inhabitants (1). Following the first attack in October 2017, the impact on the population has been determinantal, from March 2019 to March 2020 the number of displaced people rose from 1,000 to 115,000 people (2)....
