Sat 27 April 2024: The UN on Friday issued a stark warning on the escalating situation in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur in Sudan, saying the area is “already on the brink of famine.” “We are receiving increasingly alarming reports of a dramatic escalation of tensions between armed actors in El Fasher, North […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: Eskom anticipates that load shedding will likely be “maintained within Stage 2” this winter period. This is according to the power utility’s Group Chief Executive Dan Marokane, who was speaking during the State of the System and Winter Outlook media briefing held at Megawatt Park on Friday. He said the forecast was […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: El Nino-related torrential rains in Tanzania have caused landslides and flooding that have claimed at least 155 lives, Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa said Thursday. During the current rainy season, Tanzania and other East African nations—which are particularly sensitive to climate change—have been battered by more rain than usual. Dozens of deaths […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: A French castle situated outside of Paris, once owned by the Rothschild banking family and later Morocco’s King Hassan II, is being sold for $452 million, making it the world’s most expensive private residences. According to Mansion Global, the Chateau d’Armainvilliers is a timber-framed, 100-room mansion standing on 2,500 acres with a […]
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Fri 26 April 2024: Over 100 prisoners have escaped from a jail in Nigeria that is close to the capital city of Abuja after heavy rains overnight damaged some of the building. According to prisons spokesman Adamu Duza, the several-hour-long downpour on Wednesday night damaged the medium-security prison’s perimeter fence in the town of Suleja, […]
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Thu 25 April 2024: National Director of Public Prosecutions of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA), Advocate Shamila Batohi, says the entity is facing challenges in its bid to extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta back to South Africa from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to face charges including fraud and money laundering related to State Capture. […]
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Thu 25 April 2024: Human Rights Watch (HRW) has stated in a new study that 223 civilians, including at least 56 children, were “summarily executed” by Burkina Faso’s military forces in two villages in February. According to the investigation released on Thursday, the mass murders occurred in the northern villages of Nondin and Soro on […]
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Wed 24 April 2024: In this episode of Centre Stage, the former president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, explains how being a medical doctor has helped shape his political career, and why the Arab Spring has been a failure — “everywhere”. Moncef Marzouki was Tunisia’s first president after the Arab Spring uprisings. But less than a […]
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Wed 24 April 2024: Rand Water has assured residents that the contamination which affected the quality of drinking water in the Greater Evaton area has been resolved and tap water is now safe for consumption. The water contamination affected the quality of drinking water in Palm Springs, Zone 7 Sebokeng, Beverly Hills, Sonder Water, Graceland, […]
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Tue 23 April 2024: Zambia saw a 37% year-on-year increase in malaria cases from 8.1 million in 2022 to 11.1 million in 2023, the country’s health minister said Sunday. Sylvia Masebo said the country also saw a 19% increase in malaria deaths from 1,343 in 2022 to 1,602 in 2023, translating to 30,400 citizens being […]
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