Fri 05 May 2023: The death toll from flooding and landslides, triggered by heavy rains in Rwanda and Uganda reached 140 on Thursday. The rains also destroyed more than 5,000 houses in Rwanda, leaving residents homeless, due to heavy downpour, that pounded the country Tuesday overnight, Anadolu Agency reported. On Thursday, Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, […]
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Thu 04 May 2023: The UN agency for refugees announced on Thursday that it expects 860,000 refugees and returnees to leave Sudan and that it will require $445 million in funding from partners to sustain the displaced population until October, Anadolu Agency reported. According to a statement from the UNHCR, the Regional Refugee Response Plan […]
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Thu 04 May 2023: Overcrowding in some prisons in Madagascar has reached 1,000% creating an alarming situation, the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) said on Tuesday. “The extreme overcrowding we witnessed in prisons, close to 1000% in some of them, needs immediate action from the Malagasy authorities,” Juan Pablo Vegas, who headed the […]
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Thu 04 May 2023: The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) has released the upgraded series of banknotes and coins, which are expected to go into circulation from today. According to the bank, the upgraded notes and coins have enhanced security features and new designs. While the banknote designs will remain largely similar to that of […]
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Wed 03 May 2023: The National Assembly (NA) has approved the South African Sign Language (SASL) as the 12th official language during a hybrid plenary sitting on Tuesday. The National Assembly approved the Report of the Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development on the Constitution Eighteenth Amendment Bill [B1 – 2023] to amend section 6 […]
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Wed 03 May 2023: At least 95 people have been killed in western Rwanda in flooding triggered by heavy rains. François Habitegeko, governor of Rwanda’s Western Province, confirmed the latest death toll, Reuters news agency reported on Wednesday. “It rained heavily all night, causing immense suffering in the districts of Ngororero, Rubavu, Nyabihu, Rutsiro, and […]
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Tue 02 May 2023: The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has confirmed on Tuesday that it has successfully intervened on behalf of 22 South Africans who were still trapped in Egypt after fleeing the conflict-torn Sudan. This comes after the Gift of the Givers received a call on Monday about the locals stuck […]
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Tue 02 May 2023: Department of Correctional Services (DCS) Minister Ronald Lamola has told Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Justice and Correctional Services that the department has served international security company G4S with a notice to terminate its contract. The company was in contract with the department to run the Mangaung Correctional Facility where rapist and […]
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Tue 02 May 2023: The Department of Correctional Services (DCS) says a further two correctional officers at the Ngqeleni Correctional facility have been issued with a notice of suspension following the escape of two inmates from custody last week. This brings to 10 the number of officials suspended following the escape. One inmate has been […]
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Mon 01 May 2023: More than 100 bodies connected to a religious cult whose leader is believed to have told members to starve themselves to death in order to be the first to enter paradise are being examined by pathologists in Kenya, according to officials. It is known that 139 members of the Good News […]
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