Stories about Sub-Saharan Africa from April, 2019
Tanzanian authorities detain and deport Ugandan human rights leader
Human Rights Watch says Tanzania has witnessed "a marked decline in respect for free expression, association and assembly" under the current government.
For the first time in the country's history, a woman will lead a public university in Mozambique
As dean of a public university, her position is equivalent to that of a minister in Mozambique.
Angola's president said there was no starvation in the country in interview, sparking indignation
"Today there is a supply of food in Angola, one cannot say that today there is [serious] hunger in Angola, it is a question of some malnutrition," remarked Angola's president.
Pope Francis to visit Mozambique in September, during election campaigning
Mozambique will hold elections in October and is still recovering from a cyclone which virtually destroyed Beira, the second largest city.
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