Sat 01 June 2024: Gold smuggling out of Africa, mainly to the United Arab Emirates, has surged over the last decade, with hundreds of tonnes of gold worth tens of billions of dollars illegally leaving the continent every year, according to a report published on Thursday, Reuters reports. Analysis by Swissaid, an organisation that focuses on development […]
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Mon 03 June 2024: Nineteen international humanitarian organisations warned on Friday of “imminent famine” in Sudan if the parties to the conflict continue to prevent humanitarian agencies from providing relief to those in need. According to the United Nations (UN) News website, this was relayed in a joint statement signed by the heads of 19 international […]
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Mon 03 June 2024: South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the country’s political parties to work together for the good of the country as final results from last week’s election confirmed his African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority for the first time. The result, announced on Sunday, is the worst election showing for the […]
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Sun 02 June 2024: Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur advanced to the French Open quarterfinals for the second time with a hard-fought 6-4 6-4 victory over Denmark’s Clara Tauson on Sunday, and she celebrated by singing with her fans. World number nine Jabeur broke the 72nd-ranked Tauson’s service in a close third game and nearly dropped her […]
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Sun 02 June 2024: The governing party must form a coalition government but some opposition parties want the president out of the picture first. South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) has lost its majority in the country’s election this week for the first time since the end of apartheid, in a major setback for […]
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Sat 01 June 2024: Egypt, often the world’s biggest wheat importer, will raise the price of heavily subsidised bread for the first time in decades, Reuters reported. The price of subsidised bread will jump 300 per cent to 20 piasters ($0.0042) from five piasters starting in June, Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said at a press conference yesterday. […]
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Sat 01 June 2024: The former president’s MK party gained at the expense of the governing ANC, which is set to lose its majority for the first time since the end of apartheid, in dramatic setback. Johannesburg, South Africa – Former President Jacob Zuma is emerging as the biggest victor of South Africa’s general elections as […]
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Fri 31 May 2024: World No Tobacco Day serves to increase awareness about the preventable death and illness associated with tobacco use. It also puts a spotlight on policies that governments can use to reduce consumption of tobacco products. Based on decades of evidence, the World Health Organization has declared tobacco taxes one of the […]
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Thu 30 May 2024: “I set up my company several years ago. The power cuts were bad then, lasting up to five hours a day,” said Lezanne Viviers, who works in the fashion industry and lives in Johannesburg, South Africa’s biggest city. Since 2007, electricity cuts have become so common that Eskom – the state-owned […]
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Thu 30 May 2024: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu signed a bill on Wednesday to reinstate the national anthem “We Hail Thee,” composed by a British expatriate and used at independence, replacing “Arise O’ Compatriots.” Critics argue this move is a distraction from the country’s worsening economic crisis. The bill, introduced last Thursday, passed swiftly without […]
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