7 June 2024
1. DR Congo- Goma, Three American citizens are part of 53 men set to appear before a military court on today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in connection with last month's foiled coup in Kinshasa.
2. Sudan – Khartoum, RSF kills at least 100 in attack on village - activists say
At least 100 people were killed, and dozens were injured after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces attacked a village in Gezira province in Sudan. The Madani Resistance Committee, which has been threatened and attacked by the RSF in the past, accused the paramilitaries of looting Wad al-Noura.
3. Namibia- Windhoek, Namibia this week opened a three-month voter registration period, ahead of 27 November elections, which will feature at least three female presidential candidates.The registration period for the presidential and National Assembly elections is due to run until 1 August.
4. Mozambique – Maputo, Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi believes that South Korea is open to sharing its development experience with Mozambique, bearing in mind various business sectors.
5.In our historical archives, it was on this day 7 June 1953 when Johnny Clegg was born in England in 1953 to an English father and a Zimbabwean mother. He left England for Zimbabwe where he lived until the age of seven