Mon 17 March 2025: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced the phased withdrawal of its military mission from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking a significant shift in the region’s approach to resolving the ongoing conflict. The decision follows mounting casualties among SADC troops and renewed diplomatic efforts to bring […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: US officials expressed optimism Sunday that a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire deal could be reached in “weeks,” as President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are expected to discuss a possible truce. The United States this week proposed a halt in fighting in the three-year war after talks in Saudi Arabia, which Kyiv accepted. Washington and Kyiv’s European […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: On December 7, Maximo Napa set out on a two-week sea journey but deviated from his course after encountering a storm. Although his family noticed he was missing and began search efforts, Peruvian sea patrols were unable to find him. The fisherman, who was dragged 680 miles (1,094 km), was found in critical condition by Ecuadorian sea […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: The Government Media Office in Gaza has reported that 80 per cent of the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip lack regular access to food, confirming that the enclave is experiencing a famine. Meanwhile, the Gaza Municipality warned of the danger of cutting off energy, fuel and water supplies due to the […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: The leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan vowed on Saturday to continue fighting and threatened new offensives against the Sudanese army. In a video statement, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemetti, said that the RSF will not withdraw from the presidential palace or the capital, Khartoum. “The […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: The Swedish government has decided to ban smartphones in schools. Swedish Minister of Education Lotta Edholm announced in a press conference that smartphones would be banned in primary and secondary schools nationwide. Based on scientific research, Edholm stated that students would feel better in class without their phones. She explained that smartphones distract students and […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: US President Donald Trump said more key files, including those related to convicted pedophile and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy, will be released soon. In an interview on Sunday on the Full Measure news program, Trump said: “The Kennedy records are getting out. […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: Saudi Arabia has arrested more than 50 people, including 11 women on prostitution charges, in a new crackdown on “immoral acts” amid ongoing social and economic transformations under Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. According to a report by the FT, the Ministry of Interior’s newly established unit, tasked with tackling “community security and human […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: The nearly 130,000 cases of measles reported in Europe in 2024 are unacceptable and require “immediate action,” the technical lead for measles at the World Health Organization’s (WHO) European Office said Friday. Dragan Jankovic was referring to a report recently released by the WHO and UNICEF, in which 127,350 measles cases […]
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Sun 16 March 2025: The Zimbabwean government is grappling with its worst armyworm outbreak in 20 years, and is stepping up efforts to ensure that farmers secure their crops from the pest, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Jenfan Muswere has said. During a media briefing on Tuesday, Muswere said the Ministry of Lands, […]
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