Sat 03 August 2024: At least 32 people were killed, and many others wounded, in a brutal suicide bombing and gun attack on Lido Beach in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu. The attack occurred late on Friday and was claimed by Al-Shabab, an al-Qaeda-linked armed group. The assault began with a suicide bomber detonating at the entrance […]
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Fri 02 August 2024: A huge explosion has rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu on Friday evening, with police fearing casualties and reporting gunfire shots shortly after the blast. The explosion occurred on Mogadishu’s popular Lido beach, followed by gunfire. About 1 hour ago, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a hotel on Lido beach […]
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The EFF Tshwane picketing at Pretoria High School for Girls on Jul 30, 2024 [EFF Twitter] Fri 02 August 2024: The Department of Justice and Constitutional Development (DJCOD) has condemned the alleged acts of racism at South African schools and committed to intensify the awareness of constitutional rights, including the prohibition against hate crimes and […]
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Thu 01 August 2024: South Africa – The changes made to the Social Relief Distress (SRD) grant by the South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) have raised various citizen concerns. Although designed to combat fraud, these new measures have inadvertently created obstacles for many grant recipients. The biometric system, which requires access to smartphones and the […]
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Thu 01 August 2024: Yemeni Prime Minister Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak has announced that 50 percent of the country’s children suffer from chronic malnutrition. He made the statement on Sunday during an event in Aden to mark World Population Day, which fell on July 11, according to Yemen’s official Saba news agency. Bin Mubarak emphasised […]
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Thu 01 August 2024: – Despite the government backtracking on unpopular tax hikes, protesters now demand deeper measures to remedy economic disparities and government accountability – ‘To address these protests, the government needs to take tangible steps towards transparency, initiate meaningful reforms, and engage in genuine dialogue with the protesters. Without these actions, the unrest […]
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Wed 31 July 2024: The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) has hit back at allegations by convict and alleged prison escape artist Thabo Bester regarding his incarceration at the Kgoši Mampuru II Correctional Facility in Pretoria. In June this year, Bester told the pre-trial court in his escape case that, amongst other allegations, he was […]
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Wed 31 July 2024: South Africa is changing its pension laws. The new system is designed to give individuals the opportunity to access only a portion of their retirement funds before they retire in the case of dire need – or even in case of desire. To an extent, this makes sense, given the low savings rate […]
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Tue 30 July 2024: Thousands of people are stranded on the streets of the eastern Sudanese city of Kassala as a deluge of rain compounds the suffering of more than a million Sudanese who sought refuge in the region from a 15-month-old war, Reuters reports. The rainy season that began earlier this month has already damaged shelters, […]
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Tue 30 July 2024: Jacob Zuma’s expulsion from the African National Congress (ANC) is official. But his departure from the ANC is unlike any other before, according to a political analyst. Speaking in an interview with Salaamedia on Tuesday, Ongama Mtimka warned Zuma’s self-inflicted ousting from the liberation movement could have greater consequences for the country, not just the […]
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