Andrew Meldrum, Author at Valley News

Mmusi Maimane, leader of the largest opposition party, the Democratic Alliance, speaks to the media as he visits the Independent Electoral Commission Results Center in Pretoria, South Africa Friday, May 10, 2019. The ruling African National Congress held a comfortable lead in South Africa's presidential and parliamentary election with more than two-thirds of the vote counted Thursday, but the incomplete count showed the party received less support than in the last balloting five years ago. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Ruling party coasting to win election

by Andrew Meldrum Associated Press, and Mogomotsi Magome Associated PressMay 10, 2019

PRETORIA, South Africa — The ruling African National Congress was on course to win South Africa’s presidential and parliamentary elections by a comfortable margin with almost all votes counted on Friday, but the tally showed the party lost support…

Soldiers carry injured survivors from a helicopter in Chimanimani about 600 kilometres south east of Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, March, 19, 2019. According to the government, Cyclone Idai has killed more than 100 people in Chipinge and Chimanimani and according to residents the figures could be higher because the hardest hit areas are still inaccesible. Some hundreds are dead, many more are missing, and some thousands at risk from the massive flooding in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe caused by Cyclone Idai.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Cyclone’s huge floods leave hundreds dead in southern Africa

by Farai Mutsaka Associated Press, and Andrew Meldrum Associated PressMarch 20, 2019

In this photo taken on Friday, March 15, 2019 and provided by the International Red Cross, people carry their personal effects after Tropical Cyclone Idai, in Beira, Mozambique. Mozambique's President Filipe Nyusi says that more than 1,000 may have by killed by Cyclone Idai, which many say is the worst in more than 20 years. Speaking to state Radio Mozambique, Nyusi said Monday, March 18 that although the official death count is currently 84, he believes the toll will be more than 1,000. (Denis Onyodi/IFRC via AP)

Over 1,000 feared dead after cyclone

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressMarch 18, 2019

Graca Machel, left, wife of the late Nelson Mandela, background, delivers a speech at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, Tuesday, July 17, 2018 at the 16th Annual Nelson Mandela Lecture by US President Barack Obama. Obama urged Africans and people around the world to respect human rights and equal opportunity in his speech to mark the late Nelson Mandela's 100th birthday. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Obama Decries ‘Strongman Politics’ in Address

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressJuly 18, 2018

FILE - In this Aug. 30 2017 file photo, Zimbabwean Deputy President, Emmerson Mnangagwa, greets party supporters at a ZANU-PF rally in Gweru, Zimbabwe. A Zimbabwe ruling party official confirmed Sunday, Nov. 19, 2017 that the Central Committee has fired President Robert Mugabe as party leader and replaced him with Mnangagwa. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabweans Hoping for New Direction

by Andrew Meldrum Associated PressNovember 23, 2017