Sun 03 September 2023: Women are disproportionately the victims of cell phone theft in South Africa, according to IOL that cited the insurance provider Dialdirect. According to the insurance company, an alarming 11,404 reported incidents of common robbery occurred in the first quarter of 2023, a 7.9% rise over the previous year, and South Africans […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: A Zambian court freed five Egyptians and one Zambian on Friday, after prosecutors dropped espionage charges against them, three weeks after they arrived on a private plane with guns, bullets, cash and fake gold, Reuters reports. Two of the Egyptians would be re-arrested on unspecified lesser charges and freed on bond, Zambia’s Drug […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: Families who lost loved ones in the Johannesburg Usindiso Building fire can go and identify their family members at the Diepkloof mortuary from today. At least 74 people died in the tragic incident when a fire broke out in the building they were living in on Thursday. “A family member or […]
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Fri 01 September 2023: Niger’s military junta revoked France’s ambassador’s diplomatic immunity and ordered police to expel him from the West African country. The mutinous soldiers that deposed Niger’s president over a month ago gave French Ambassador Sylvain Itte 48 hours to depart the country. The deadline passed on August 28 with France refusing to […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: A quarter of all people in Somalia are now displaced due to drought and conflict, as the country’s displacement crisis hits record levels, according to a UK-based humanitarian organisation, Anadolu Agency reports. The Islamic Relief said, in its latest report which was released late Wednesday, that more than 4.3 million people are internally […]
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Thu 31 August 2023: A fire in a multi-story building in Johannesburg, South Africa’s largest city, killed at least 73 people, including a toddler. According to the Emergency Management Services, a further 52 people were injured in the blaze, which broke out early on Thursday. People have been evacuated from the building, and a search […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: Libya’s beleaguered Foreign Minister has fled the country after her suspension, following the widespread backlash against her secret meeting with her Israeli counterpart last week, amid ongoing questions on whether the Libyan government knew of and planned the controversial meeting. Following a leak of Libyan Foreign Minister, Najla Al-Mangoush’s meeting with […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: A number of senior military soldiers have emerged on Gabonese television, claiming to have taken power because the weekend polls were not credible. In a Wednesday broadcast, the officers stated that they had cancelled the elections, disbanded all state institutions, and closed the country’s borders. Military in Gabon claims power, say […]
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Wed 30 August 2023: Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding, in one of the country’s largest arrests targeting outlawed homosexuality. The “gay suspects” were arrested in southern Delta state’s Ekpan town at about 2am (01:00 GMT) on Monday at an event where two of them were […]
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Teen mothers gathered at the community centre in Karongi district of Rwanda, July 17, 2023 [Ruchi Kumar/Al Jazeera] Tue 29 August 2023: Previous efforts to combat teen pregnancies were met with success in Rwanda, but that progress has now stagnated. Kigali, Rwanda – Aime was only 16 years old when she was forced to drop […]
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