Thu 21 March 2024: South Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, recently engaged in a discussion with Al Jazeera’s Mike Hanna in Washington, DC. The discussion revolved around a bill currently scrutinised by the US House of Representatives, which criticises South Africa’s affiliations with countries and entities considered to compromise US national security. Pandor voiced her […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: The City of Johannesburg has presented a comprehensive intervention plan to address ongoing water supply challenges in the city. Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu, together with his Deputy Ministers, David Mahlobo and Judith Tshabalala, met with Johannesburg City officials, led by Executive Mayor Kabelo Gwamanda, to receive an update on […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: Kenyan doctors have sustained their work boycott across the country as the industrial action entered its sixth day Tuesday. The health workers started the boycott on March 14, accusing the government of failing to address their grievances, including a demand to post 4,000 interns to medical facilities. Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists […]
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Wed 20 March 2024: The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday that it has appealed for 189.1 million U.S. dollars to scale up its response to displaced children and vulnerable families in Somalia in 2024. UNICEF said donors had provided 4.9 million dollars as of February for cholera and malnutrition prevention, mitigation, and […]
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FILE PHOTO Tue 19 March 2024: After an armed group took 286 students and staff hostage from a school earlier this month, gunmen in Nigeria are said to have abducted at least 87 individuals in a fresh attack, according to locals and police. According to officials on Monday, women and children were among those kidnapped […]
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Sun 17 March 2024: In a setback to US security interests in the region, Niger terminated its military deal with the US “with immediate effect,” according to Colonel Amadou Abdramane, the government military spokesman. The agreement allowed US military personnel and civilian defense professionals to conduct operations from Niger, which is home to a significant […]
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Sat 16 March 2024: Celebrations broke out among Senegal’s opposition supporters after two of their top leaders were freed from jail 10 days before the country’s delayed presidential election. Firebrand politician Ousmane Sonko and his close aide Bassirou Diomaye Faye were released late on Thursday in a move that could boost the opposition’s chance to win in the March 24 […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: The Johannesburg High Court has dismissed Thabo Bester and Nandipha Magudumana’s application to interdict the broadcast of Showmax’s Tracking Thabo Bester documentary. This means the documentary will be available on the streaming platform at 4pm this Friday afternoon. The Facebook rapist and his girlfriend Nandipha Magudumana each approached the high court […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: Doctors across Kenya left patients stranded when they chose to stay away from public hospitals Thursday, despite a court order to prevent a nationwide strike. The strike affiliated with the Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU), the largest medical professional organization in Kenya, with more than 8,000 members, has […]
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Fri 15 March 2024: As many as 60 people are feared to have drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy or Malta, the operators of a charity rescue group said on Thursday. According to Reuters, SOS Mediterranee said that it rescued 25 people in a “very weak” condition in coordination with […]
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