Wed 31 January 2024: 40 people are thought to be dead after a passenger boat overturned in a lake in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s South Kivu region, Anadolu Agency reported. The official said that five bodies have been found and 10 people have been rescued since the incident on Sunday. Following the boat […]
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Wed 31 January 2024: Somalia and South Sudan are ranked among the world’s most corrupt countries, where weak justice systems undermine accountability for public officials, global corruption watchdog Transparency International said in its latest report Tuesday. Somalia and South Sudan, which are affected by protracted crises, mostly armed conflicts, scored 11 and 13, respectively, out […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: The Ministry of Small Business Development has warned members of the public not to fall prey to fake social media accounts, which purport to belong to the Deputy Minister of Small Business Development, Dipuo Peters. The Ministry has discovered several fake Facebook and LinkedIn accounts that purport to belong to the […]
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Tue 30 January 2024: Battling a deadly cholera outbreak, Zimbabwe on Monday launched the oral cholera vaccination (OCV) campaign targeting 2.3 million citizens in high-risk areas. The campaign comes at a time when the country is grappling with a cholera outbreak that has affected 21,000 people countrywide and claimed more than 400 people, in 60 […]
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SAPS Twitter. The South African Police Service (SAPS) in Gauteng, together with other law enforcement agencies, has recovered over 400 firearms and 6 000 live rounds of ammunition during the month of January. All these firearms and ammunition were recovered through different crime prevention actions, including Operation Shanela intelligence-driven operations, daily patrols, stop and searches, and […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) suspended the country’s former president Jacob Zuma from the party on Monday and vowed to launch a legal challenge against a rival group campaigning in his name. Announcing the decision, ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula declared: “Zuma, and others whose conduct is in conflict with our values […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: Education authorities in Zambia announced for the second time on Wednesday a further rescheduling of the reopening of schools as cholera cases continue to surge in the country. Minister of Education Douglas Syakalima said that schools, which were expected to open on Jan. 29, will now open on Feb. 12. Initially, […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) has released its report into the July 2021 unrest that unfolded in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), during which some 350 people lost their lives. The violence and destruction also caused damage to infrastructure and businesses costing South Africa’s economy some R50 billion, with a […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: Eskom has announced that Stage 2 load shedding will continue to be implemented until further notice. By Sunday afternoon, at least 14 759MW of generating capacity was unavailable due to unplanned outages with a further 7639MW out of service due to planned maintenance. “Despite the return to service of five generating […]
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Mon 29 January 2024: Three military-led West African nations have announced their immediate withdrawal from regional bloc ECOWAS, accusing the body of becoming a threat to its members. Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso “decide in complete sovereignty on the immediate withdrawal” from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), read a joint statement published on […]
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