Sat 15 June 2024: The war has created the worst humanitarian situation in the world with an estimated 756,000 people in Sudan facing ‘catastrophic food shortages’ by September. Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) launched a major attack on el-Fasher in North Darfur a day after the UN Security Council demanded the militia halt its weeks-long siege of […]
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Sat 15 June 2024: Cape Town, South Africa — Late-night negotiations and an eleventh-hour agreement set the stage for the formation of South Africa’s first ever coalition government on Friday, with President Cyril Ramaphosa at its head. The multiparty coalition signed on its agreement only on Friday, as members of Parliament were sworn in after marathon negotiations and […]
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Fri 14 June 2024: Cocoa prices have surged again, reaching $10,000 per ton due to ongoing supply and production concerns in Ghana. The prices had spiked in April when factories in Ghana and the Ivory Coast halted production, citing high seed costs, driving the ton price on the Intercontinental Exchange to a record $11,722. Supply […]
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Fri 14 June 2024: After agreeing to be a part of a government of national unity, DA leader John Steenhuisen has stated that his party will support President Cyril Ramaphosa for the presidency of the seventh administration. During a break in the National Assembly’s sessions in Cape Town, Steenhuisen spoke on a live television broadcast. […]
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Fri 14 June 2024: South Africa’s newly elected parliament has convened to choose the country’s next president, with the country on a political knife-edge since last month’s election. Lawmakers meeting on Friday are expected to re-elect President Cyril Ramaphosa to form an unprecedented coalition government after his governing African National Congress (ANC) party cobbled together a coalition deal following […]
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Thu 13 June 2024: Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced a second death linked to Mpox, formerly known as monkeypox. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after the government provided an update on its efforts to control the spread of the infectious disease. According to the department, the deceased was a 38-year-old male […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: More than 80 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have died after the boat they were travelling on sank, President Felix Tshisekedi has announced. The accident on Wednesday occurred on the Kwa River, about 70km (43 miles) from the city of Mushie in Mai-Ndombe province. “The President of […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: The South African government will provide 50 million Rand ($2.7m) in humanitarian aid to Gaza, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola has announced at a conference in Jordan, Anadolu has reported. “In addition to our International Court of Justice (ICJ) case, our government has approved a contribution of 50 million Rand for humanitarian aid to […]
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Wed 12 June 2024: Health Minister Dr Joe Phaahla has announced that one of the five Mpox patients in South Africa passed away on Monday at Tembisa Hospital in Gauteng. This comes after two cases were confirmed in Gauteng and three in KwaZulu-Natal. “In all cases, patients are males aged between 30 to 39 years […]
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An artisanal miner walks towards a trench at a mining site in Zimbabwe [File: Zinyange Auntony/AFP] Wed 12 June 2024: Shamva, Zimbabwe – On a winter’s morning in Shamva, in Zimbabwe’s Mashonaland Central province, Brenda, a single mother of three, is on the hunt for lithium ore. The 39-year-old, who asked that only her first […]
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