Wed 24 January 2024: More than 70 people were killed when a tunnel collapsed at a Malian gold mining site last week, according to local sources. Mali, one of the world’s poorest countries, is Africa’s largest gold producer. Authorities struggle to manage artisanal gold mining, which often ends up in disastrous landslides. “It started with […]
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Wed 24 January 2024: While the preliminary results for the 2023/24 festive season road traffic statistics show a 2.3% decline in the number of fatal crashes when compared to the same period last year, the data indicates that the majority of those who died were between the ages of 25 and 44. Releasing the 2023/24 […]
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Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu hosted the United States Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, 22 January, 2023. Wed 24 January 2024: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday pledged $45 million in additional financing to help fight conflict and bring stability to coastal West Africa, where insecurity linked […]
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Tue 23 January 2024: A man who posed as a teenager to lure under-age girls to a chat group where child pornography was distributed and shared, is amongst three Child Online Sexual predators arrested in a joint operation by the SAPS Serial and Electronic Crime Investigations (SECI) unit. The USA Department of Homelands Security was […]
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Tue 23 January 2024: The mosquito-borne disease kills more than 600,000 people a year, mainly in Africa, according to the World Health Organization. Children under five years old account for more than 80 percent of deaths on the continent. Following a pilot phase, the RTS,S vaccine is being rolled out at scale across Africa, starting […]
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(Representational image) Tue 23 January 2024: Several flood-stricken parts of KwaZulu-Natal have been classified disaster areas by Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) Minister, Thembi Nkadimeng. The move will enable government to access additional funding from provincial and national departments to start repairs as soon as possible. According to the SABC, the disaster areas […]
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Mon 22 January 2024: More than 13,000 people have been killed and 26,000 others injured in the ongoing conflict in Sudan since last year, the United Nations humanitarian office said Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports. Sudan has been mired by fighting between the army, led by Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, head of the country’s ruling Sovereign Council, […]
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Mon 22 January 2024: The Arab Parliament yesterday granted the President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa, the International Medal on behalf of the Arab people, after his country filed a lawsuit against Israel in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) charging the occupation state with genocide. The Medal is the highest honour presented to international […]
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Mon 22 January 2024: Amid tensions with Ethiopia over a recent maritime agreement between Addis Ababa and Somaliland, the breakaway province of Somalia, Egypt said on Sunday that it will not tolerate any risks to the security of Somalia, Anadolu Agency reported. During a news conference in Cairo with his Somali counterpart Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, […]
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Judges take their seats prior to the hearing of Israel’s defense at the International Court of Justice on Jan. 12, 2024. Dursun Aydemir/Anadolu via Getty Images Mon 22 January 2024: – Decision on South Africa’s request for provisional measures ‘could be expected in February, if not before,’ Italian lawyer Tiersisto Mariniello tells Anadolu – Decision […]
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