Sat 09 December 2023: The humanitarian crisis in Sudan is “worsening” as it faces the “world’s largest displacement crisis,” the World Health Organization (WHO) representative in the country said on Friday. In the past eight months, the fighting has spread from Khartoum to several states across the country, Mohammad Taufiq Mashal told a UN press […]
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Fri 08 December 2023: In a bid to bolster economic cooperation and enhance bilateral ties, the Kenyan government on Thursday announced its intention to send 1,500 casual farm laborers to Israel to engage in agricultural activities. The announcement came a day after a bilateral meeting between Kenyan officials and an Israeli delegation held at the […]
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Wed 06 December 2023: After the other three founder countries withdrew, the two surviving members of West Africa’s G5 Sahel alliance said on Wednesday that they were preparing to dissolve the anti-rebel collaboration. Chad and Mauritania “take note and respect the sovereign decision” of Burkina Faso and Niger to leave the alliance, following in the footsteps of Mali, the two countries said in […]
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South African anti-apartheid leader and African National Congress member Nelson Mandela (C), wearing a keffiyeh, attends a meeting organised in his honour by the National Union of Algerian Youths, May 18, 1990, in Algiers [Abdelhak Senna/AFP] Wed 06 December 2023: In late February 1990, 16 days after his release from prison, Nelson Mandela descended […]
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The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja on Tuesday prayed for the victims of the accidental bombing by the Army which killed 85 at Tudun Biri, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Tue 05 December 2023: A Nigerian military attack that used drones to target rebels instead killed […]
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British Home Secretary James Cleverly tours the Kigali Genocide Memorial during his visit to Kigali, Rwanda, to sign a new treaty with Rwanda, on December 5, 2023 . Tue 05 December 2023: British Home Secretary James Cleverly arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday to sign a new treaty to send asylum seekers to the African […]
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Tue 05 December 2023: Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has released a White Paper that outlines a comprehensive electric vehicle (EV) roadmap for South Africa and the structure of a suite of policy interventions tailored to the automotive industry. “It is a product of constructive engagement with stakeholders, including within government, industry and […]
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Tue 05 December 2023: At least 47 people have been killed and 85 others injured in landslides caused by flooding in northern Tanzania, says a local official, with warnings the toll could rise. Heavy rain on Saturday hit the town of Katesh, some 300km (186 miles) north of the capital Dodoma, district commissioner Janeth Mayanja […]
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Mon 04 December 2023: A joint sting operation between the Border Management Authority (BMA), Home Affairs and the South African Police Service has stopped more than 40 buses travelling into South Africa through the Beitbridge Border Post carrying children who are alleged to have been trafficked. This was revealed by Commissioner of the BMA Dr […]
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Mon 04 December 2023: The Border Management Authority (BMA) says it is implementing a comprehensive plan including longer border post operating times and more boots on the ground for its festive season operations. This according to the BMA Commissioner Dr Michael Masiapato who was addressing a media briefing in Pretoria on Sunday. He said the […]
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