Mon 17 Apr 2023: 42 members of Burkina Faso’s security forces were slain in an attack on Sunday in the north of the country by unidentified gunmen. The army said that Yatenga district’s volunteer militia headquarters had been attacked. 32 volunteer militia members and 10 troops died in the conflict. A total of 33 people […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa has signed into law the Electoral Amendment Bill of 2022. The Bill provides for the amendment of the Electoral Act, 1992 (Act No. 73 of 1998) and gives effect to the Constitutional Court judgment that was handed down on 11 June 2020. The judgment in the matter of […]
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Mon 17 Apr 2023: Explosions continued in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, as fighting between the regular army and paramilitary group RSF raged for a third day with the death toll rising to nearly 100. The violence erupted on Saturday after weeks of power struggles between Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his deputy, Mohamed […]
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Sun 16 Apr 2023: The heads of Sudan’s army and the country’s main paramilitary group both agreed to a three-hour humanitarian pause in their fighting afternoon proposed by the United Nations, according to the UN mission in Sudan. Both the army and the Rapid Support Forces also said in statements that they had agreed to […]
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Sun 16 Apr 2023: Dozens of civilians have been killed in heavy fighting between Sudan’s army and the Rapid Support Forces paramilitary group (RSF), a Sudanese medical organization says on Twitter. At least 56 civilians have been killed, the Sudanese Doctors Union said. In addition, nearly 600 people, including soldiers, have been injured and brought […]
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Sat 15 Apr 2023: State power utility, Eskom, says it is working hard to address the causes of persistent breakdowns at power stations and ensure that the higher stages of load shedding are reduced. This as the power utility implemented Stage 6 load shedding this week going into the weekend. Stage 5 is expected to […]
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Sat 15 Apr 2023: Clashes erupted in the Sudanese capital on Saturday between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Gunfire and bombs were heard near the army headquarters and presidential palace, according to an Anadolu reporter in Khartoum. The rift between the forces came to the surface on Thursday when […]
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Sat 15 Apr 2023: Who would have expected that the BRICS nations could rise and become the potential rival of the G7 countries, the World Bank and the IMF combined? That once seemingly distant possibility now has real prospects which could change the equilibrium of world politics. BRICS — an acronym for Brazil, Russia, India, China and […]
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Fri 14 Apr 2023: South Africa recorded an increase in fatalities during the Easter Weekend with 225 people losing their lives on the roads this year when compared to the 161 fatalities that were recorded in the same period last year. Addressing members of the media on Friday, Minister of Transport Sindisiwe Chikunga, expressed disappointment […]
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Fri 14 Apr 2023: Home Affairs Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, has revealed that convicted rapist and murderer Thabo Bester was never registered on any Home Affairs database which captures all legal citizens in the country. This includes the National Population Register (NPR), the asylum seeker and refugee system, and the visa database. The Minister was […]
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