Wed 27 December 2023: The deployment of 40 tourism monitors at the Table Mountain National Park has been welcomed by the Minister of Tourism, Patricia de Lille. The Tourism Monitors Programme is an initiative by the Department of Tourism to supplement safety and security measures by the South African Police Service to enhance the safety […]
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Thu 28 December 2023: The country’s public health facilities safely delivered 1708 healthy babies on Christmas Day this year as compared to 1414 delivered in 2022, says the Department of Health. This number consists of 840 baby boys and 868 baby girls. “The Department of Health congratulates the health workers, especially the midwives, for the […]
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Wed 27 December 2023: The World Food Program (WFP) has said it requires 364 million U.S. dollars in net funding across all activities to scale up humanitarian assistance in Somalia between December 2023 and May 2024. The WFP said in its latest report released on Tuesday night that out of the figure, its urgent funding […]
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Wed 27 December 2023: Abuja, Nigeria – On October 30, oil-rich Rivers State, Nigeria’s oil capital, became the latest hub of political drama in the country following the state parliament’s attempted impeachment of Siminalayi Fubara, who had been governor for only five months. The impeachment notice was signed by 24 of 32 lawmakers, all loyal to […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Armed groups have killed more than 100 people in a string of attacks targeting towns across central Nigeria, another deadly episode in a region with persistent religious and ethnic tensions. Local officials on Monday said the toll of the weekend attacks by armed groups, sometimes called “bandits”, has risen to 113, increasing sharply from […]
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Tue 26 December 2023: Johannesburg, South Africa – Saudi Arabia and Iran are among six countries invited to join BRICS as new members next year, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced on the final day of a summit of the group that considers itself a counterweight to Western powers. The group encompassing five major emerging […]
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Mon 25 December 2023: When the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) called on young men to enlist last June, Zakariya Issa* went to the nearest recruitment centre. He was one of thousands of young people who trained for 10 weeks in Wad Madani, a city just south of the capital Khartoum. In September, he was deployed with […]
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A memorial to the genocide of the Herero and Nama (1904-1908) in Windhoek [Hamilton Wende/Al Jazeera] Sun 24 December 2023: For years, the Nama and Herero rallied for recognition and redress of systemic violence. When Namibia and Germany reached an agreement, however, they were excluded. Berlin, Germany – South of Berlin, the expansive Treptower Park stretches […]
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Fri 22 December 2023: The last French troops in Niger have withdrawn, marking an end to more than a decade of French operations to fight armed groups in West Africa’s Sahel region. “Today’s date … marks the end of the disengagement process of French forces in the Sahel,” Niger army Lieutenant Salim Ibrahim said on […]
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Thu 21 December 2023: Due to disagreements over oil production quotas, Angola will leave OPEC, according to Oil Minister Diamantino Pedro Azevedo. According to ANGOP news agency, the decision was made during a meeting of the Council of Ministers that was presided over by President Joao Lourenco of Angola. Azevedo told state broadcaster TPA that […]
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