By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Newsday
Around 6,000 teachers leave Zimbabwe’s schools each year, while 9,425 posts were vacant in July 2025. The association behind the report attributes the shortage to low recruitment, inadequate pay and worsening working conditions in schools.
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More than 386,000 candidates are due to sit Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examinations in Zimbabwe in 2026, around 30,578 more than in 2025, an increase of 8.6%. The examinations begin on 12 October at more than 3,500 centres, according to figures presented by Zimeye from national examination data.
🇿🇼 Zimbabwe · Source: Zimeye ·
The Ivorian government reports a cash surplus of 369.1 billion CFA francs in the execution of the 2025 budget, with 15,654.2 billion in resources and 15,285.1 billion in spending. An analysis of budget documents and a World Bank report notes that resources include borrowing and points to a deficit of nearly 2,000 billion, according to Togoweb.
🇨🇮 Ivory Coast · Source: Togoweb ·
Neckartal Dam, near Keetmanshoop, has overflowed twice in two years, while the dams supplying Windhoek were only 57.7% full and Omatako Dam was at 12.7%. Namibia has significant water resources, but they are unevenly distributed between the south, north and centres of consumption, The Namibian reports.
🇳🇦 Namibia · Source: The Namibian ·
The International Monetary Fund forecasts growth of 4.5% in Africa in 2026, followed by 5% in 2027, slightly above its previous estimates. Development aid to the continent fell sharply in 2025 and is expected to decline by a further 12% this year, according to Zeine Zeidane, quoted by Ahora EG at an IMF meeting.
🌍 World · Source: Ahora EG ·
ZANU-PF plans to sanction MPs who missed constitutional votesZimbabwe’s ruling party ZANU-PF plans to sanction MPs who missed votes on the third constitutional amendment. Its legal secretary, Ziyambi Ziyambi, announced the move at the party’s annual conference in Chinhoyi, the Daily News reports.
Mozambique seeks better funding for agricultural transformationMozambican minister Roberto Mito Albino has called for investment priorities to be set to mobilise the funding needed to transform agri-food systems. He was speaking on 13 October in Rome at the FAO Hand-in-Hand Initiative Investment Forum, according to Mozambique’s Ministry of Agriculture, Environment and Fisheries.The week in Africa
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