Category: Africa

Tue 23 May 2023: Children in the Horn of Africa are experiencing an unparalleled catastrophe, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), which includes hunger, displacement, a lack of water, and instability, Xinhua reported. Over 7 million children under five continue to suffer from malnutrition, necessitating urgent nutrition aid. According to UNICEF, 1.9 million […]

Tue 23 May 2023: Russia’s Wagner mercenary force has attempted to hide efforts to obtain military equipment internationally for use in the war in Ukraine and is seeking to transit such supplies through Mali, the United States State Department said. The private mercenary force, which is fighting alongside Russian troops in Ukraine, is willing to use […]

Mon 22 May 2023: Six African leaders propose that Ukraine accept opening peace talks with Russia even as Russian troops remain on its soil, South Africa’s presidency has said, as South African officials prepare to visit both countries to sell the idea. “First is the cessation of hostilities. Second is a framework for lasting peace,” […]

Mon 22 May 2023: At least 20 people died in a fire at the Mahdia Secondary School in Guyana, AFP news agency reported on Monday citing a government official. The Guyanese government said in a press statement that the fire broke out in the dormitory building of a secondary school in the south-western border town of Mahdia, 200 miles (320km) […]

Mon 22 May 2023 Department of Home Affairs officials have followed the due processes required by law to ensure that serial rapist and murderer Thabo Bester applies for an Identity Document (ID). Bester – who escaped from the Mangaung Correctional Centre last year and fled South Africa upon detection but was later rearrested – was […]