Members of the Nigerian Labour Congress, holding flags and placards, march during a protest against fuel price hikes and rising costs. Wed 27 September 2023: Nigeria’s two biggest workers’ unions plan to start an indefinite strike next week to protest against a cost of living crisis after the government scrapped a popular but costly petrol subsidy, […]
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Tue 26 September 2023: South Africa is dealing with a number of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5 and H7 outbreaks, with more than 50 cases confirmed in various parts of the country, according to the Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development (DALRRD). The department has urged poultry farmers to immediately report any […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: Heritage Month is an opportunity for all South Africans to reconnect with their roots and celebrate cultural diversity. This is according to Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who was delivering the keynote address at this year’s Heritage Day celebrations at Princess Magogo Stadium in KwaZulu-Natal. “Today’s celebrations take place under the theme, […]
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Mon 25 September 2023: French President Emmanuel Macron has said that his country will withdraw its ambassador and troops from Niger in the wake of the July coup that overthrew democratically-elected President Mohamed Bazoum. “France has decided to withdraw its ambassador. In the next hours our ambassador and several diplomats will return to France,” Macron said in […]
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Alexandra township is situated next to the wealthy suburb of Sandton, laying bare post-apartheid South Africa’s vast gulf between wealth and poverty. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Sun 24 September 2023: South Africa is ranked one of the most unequal societies in the world. The Conversation Africa spoke to Imraan Valodia, the Director of the Southern […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) announced on Friday that more than 114,000 people were displaced during the past week in Sudan. UNOCHA shared in a report on developments in the humanitarian situation in Sudan that, given the continued fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces since last April, […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: The international reputation of the Kenyan judiciary is running high following a raft of judicial reforms brought on by the 2010 constitution. The reforms, displays of judicial independence, and largely positive personal experiences might lead one to expect that public trust in the courts has increased. But among the Kenyan public it has […]
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Sat 23 September 2023: Pope Francis said Friday that tragedies and challenges of migration which turned the Mediterranean into a “cemetery” need to be humanely addressed across the region, Anadolu Agency reported. The pope met local religious members involved in the care of seafarers, migrants and refugees at the Monument to the Heroes and Victims […]
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Prince Alemayehu, pictured in 1868. Queen Victoria took an interest in him after he was taken to Britain from what is now Ethiopia.Sepia Times / Universal Image Group via Getty Images Sat 23 September 2023: Artifacts looted by the British troops during a conflict with Ethiopia’s Emperor Tewodros II in the 19th century and […]
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President Félix Tshisekedi spoke this Thursday with the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, on the sidelines of the work of the UNGA2023. Fri 22 September 2023: The Democratic Republic of Congo will move its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday. Netanyahu, who met Congolese President […]
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