Fri 14 Apr 2023: A new malaria vaccine created by researchers at Oxford University has received regulatory approval from Ghana. According to the university, the West African nation is the first in the world to have authorized the use of the R21/Matrix-MTM serum. The Food and Drugs Authority of Ghana, which oversees the country’s pharmaceutical […]
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Thu 13 Apr 2023: Fugitives Thabo Bester and his aesthetic doctor girlfriend Nandipha Magudumana have landed on home soil after successful repatriation from Tanzania. Their charter plane landed at Lanseria International Airport in the early hours of Thursday morning, led by a high-level delegation from the Department of Home Affairs. The Ministers of Justice […]
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Wed 12 Apr 2023: Eskom is expected to implement Stage 6 load shedding from 4pm to 5am with Stage 5 to be implemented from 5am to 4pm until further notice. This pattern will be repeated daily until further notice. This as the power utility reported a shortage of generation capacity as demand ramped up following […]
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Wed 12 Apr 2023: Stranded migrants from sub-Saharan Africa rioted on Tuesday in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, assaulting passers-by and smashing car windows, in response to the Tunisian police dispersal of their sit-in. Earlier, the police broke up months-long sit-in organised by African migrants in front of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) […]
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Tue 11 Apr 2023: In light of Somalia’s severe drought, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has pleaded for “massive international support.” Guterres stated to reporters in the nation’s capital Mogadishu on Tuesday that he was in Somalia “to ring the alarm” about the need for considerable international assistance during a joint news briefing with President Hassan […]
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Tue 11 Apr 2023: A 39–year-old former G4S employee and a 65-year-old man are expected to appear in the Bloemfontein Magistrate’s Court today in connection with Thabo Bester’s escape from prison. According to the South African Police Service (SAPS) national spokesperson, Athlenda Mathe, a multi-disciplinary team investigating Bester’s escape from the Mangaung Correctional Centre arrested […]
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Sat 08 Apr 2023: Nearly one million children in three central Sahel countries will face severe acute malnutrition this year due to rising food prices, conflict and climate change, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Friday. UNICEF called on the governments of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso “to place child nutrition at the […]
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Fri 07 Apr 2023: A United Arab Emirates court has dismissed South Africa’s request to extradite Atul and Rajesh Gupta, brothers who face charges of political corruption, Justice Minister Ronald Lamola said on Friday. The Indian brothers, arrested in the UAE in June 2022, are accused of using their connections with Jacob Zuma, president of South […]
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Thu 06 Apr 2023: In order to meet the needs of the millions of Burkinabes who will require humanitarian assistance this year, the UN and its partners have announced a $877 million response plan. The UN stated in a statement that the money will aid approximately 3.1 million people during the worst humanitarian crisis in […]
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Thu 06 Apr 2023: The Government of the Republic of South Africa has “noted with concern” the Israeli occupation forces’ assault on Palestinian worshippers at Al-Aqsa Mosque in occupied Jerusalem. In a media statement issued by the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, the government in Pretoria said that it “condemns these violent acts by […]
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