Mon 22 January 2024: Government has noted Fitch’s decision to affirm South Africa’s longterm foreign and local currency debt ratings at ‘BB-’ and maintain the stable outlook. According to Fitch, South Africa’s credit rating is constrained by low real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth, high level of inequality, a high and rising government debt-to-GDP ratio, […]
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Sun 21 January 2024: A British oil and gas company Shell, has been in Nigeria for nearly a century, bringing not only money but also serious environmental issues, Sputnik reported. Shell has agreed to sell its Nigerian onshore subsidiary, The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC), to Renaissance, a consortium of four Nigerian exploration and […]
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Sun 21 January 2024: More than 3.4 million people have been displaced in Ethiopia because of conflicts and drought, the UN migration agency said on Friday. The International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) Ethiopia’s National Displacement report said on Friday that 64% of these people were displaced by conflict and 17% were forced to leave their […]
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The Algerian freedom fighters hosted Nelson Mandela during the days of the Struggle. In this picture Mandela can be seen with Robert Resha (middle). Picture: courtesy of the Algerian embassy in South Africa. Sat 20 January 2024: The South African government has said it will challenge the auctioning of dozens of artefacts belonging to the […]
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Sat 20 January 2024: As the number of lions in Uganda declines, the country is seeking more than $2.6 million to breed the animals, the local media reported on Friday. “[Committee on] Tourism requires Shs10 billion [around $2.6 million] to start breeding lions through Uganda Wildlife Education Centre [as] […] the lion population in the country has gone down because of human-wildlife conflict,” Chairperson of the Tourism, Trade and Industry Committee Mwine Mpaka said, as […]
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Fri 19 January 2024: Over 350,000 people in the Republic of Congo require immediate humanitarian help as a result of recent heavy rains, the UN said on Friday. Calling the flood disaster in the country “unprecedented in scale for six decades,” Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), […]
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Thu 18 January 2024: The African Union (AU) chief, on Wednesday, announced the appointment of a three-member group tasked with resolving the ongoing conflict in Sudan, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, said the panel would work with all the warring parties in Sudan, including “all civilian forces and military belligerents”, to end […]
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Thu 18 January 2024: The UK government, on Wednesday, defended its contentious Rwanda Bill, dismissing the latest UN analysis that labelled it incompatible with international refugee law, Anadolu Agency reports. During a press briefing for foreign journalists, a spokesperson addressed Anadolu’s questions, asserting that the legislation, considered “the toughest immigration measure brought to Parliament, is a necessary deterrent.” The […]
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Wed 17 January 2024: A Kenyan agency said Tuesday it will file 10 charges against controversial Pastor Paul Mackenzie and 94 others in relation to the Shakahola cult that is responsible for the deaths of hundreds of victims. The charges by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) come in response to a court ultimatum that demanded […]
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Wed 17 January 2024: The Gauteng Department of e-Government has urged learners who wrote their matric exams last year to use the Matric Results Online System to access their results. The matric results for the National Senior Certificate exams are expected to be released on Friday, 19 January, while the ministerial announcement on the results […]
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