Mon 24 Apr 2023: Sub-Saharan Africa is disproportionally affected by malaria. The region accounts for 95% of the world’s malaria cases. The disease kills an African child every 60 seconds. These figures are alarming. But malaria is preventable and treatable. The progress made between 2000 and 2015 is proof of what can be achieved. Support from global […]
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Sun 23 Apr 2023: Days after armed fighting erupted in Sudan, Dalia Mohamed and her mother were faced with an impossible choice: flee the capital of Khartoum or stay. With their house located in the heart of a civil war, the constant sounds of bullets, rockets and shelling soon became too much to bear. On Thursday, […]
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Sun 23 Apr 2023: Pope Francis on Sunday repeated his calls for an end to hostilities in Sudan, which have already spilled into a second week, urging the flock to pray for the people of the northeast African nation. “Unfortunately, the situation in Sudan remains grave, and therefore I renew my appeal for an end […]
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Sun 23 Apr 2023: Human remains were discovered from more than a dozen alleged graves in Kenya’s east as part of an inquiry into members of a Christian cult who believed starving themselves to death would bring them into heaven. Kenyan Police began exhuming bodies on Friday, said Charles Kamau, a detective in the town […]
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Sat 22 Apr 2023: Millions of Muslims across Africa, on Friday, began celebrating Eid Al-Fitr, a religious festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Anadolu News Agency reports. Prayers were offered for the return of peace in Sudan, where clashes between the army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have claimed hundreds of […]
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Sat 22 Apr 2023: Fighting continued in Khartoum on Friday despite Sudan’s army saying it had agreed to a three-day truce with the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to enable people to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. The RSF said earlier in the day that it had agreed to a 72-hour ceasefire to mark Eid. […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: South Africa will next week host and chair the 9th session of the meeting of BRICS Deputy Ministers and Special Envoys responsible for the Middle East and North Africa. The meeting will take place from Monday, 24 April to Wednesday, 26 April 2023 in Cape Town. According to the Department of […]
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Fri 21 Apr 2023: At least ten people believed to be family members were allegedly shot dead at their home at Imbali Unit 14 in Pietermaritzburg. The shooting took place in the city of Pietermaritzburg in the eastern KwaZulu-Natal province on Friday. Police responded to a report of gunshots early in the morning. “When they […]
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Greek Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis Thu 20 Apr 2023: The Greek government on Wednesday morning admitted the opposition’s claim that Israeli-made Predator spyware was exported to Sudan via Greece. Speaking to major national radio station REAL FM, Deputy Foreign Minister Miltiadis Varvitsiotis said: “The license to export Predator to Sudan was given but this […]
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Thu 20 Apr 2023: The World Health Organization (WHO) has formally opened its mRNA vaccine technology centre in Cape Town, which was built during the COVID-19 pandemic to assist poorer countries with gaining access to life-saving drugs. The WHO selected South African biotech firm Afrigen Biologics for a pilot project in 2021 to provide low- […]
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