Tue 21 March 2023: According to a report released by the government and United Nations agencies, Somalia’s ongoing record drought may have killed up to 43,000 people last year, with children under the age of five accounting for half of them. In a crisis that experts warn is more severe than the nation’s most recent […]
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Tue 21 March 2023: The National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) says at least 550 people have been arrested for various crimes ranging from public violence to intimidation during the National Shutdown on Monday. In a statement on Monday evening, NATJOINTS said that in those arrested, Gauteng recorded the highest number of arrests with 149. […]
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EFF leader Julius Malema addressing the party’s supporters in Pretoria. Mon 20 March 2023: JOHANNESBURG, March 20 (Reuters) – Thousands marched through the streets of South Africa’s cities on Monday to demand that President Cyril Ramaphosa resign, as security forces guarded malls and roads to prevent violence and looting. The Marxist Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) […]
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Mon 20 March 2023: On the second day of her trip to Rwanda, British Home Secretary Suella Braverman took part in laying the foundation stone for the construction of homes that are meant to accommodate deported migrants from the UK. The project with more than 500 housing units, which will be constructed under the UK […]
Continue ReadingSun 19 March 2023: South Africans should be able to go about their business on Monday despite the planned national shutdown by the Economic Freedom Fighters. “As things stand our expectations is that people will go on about their business tomorrow. However, should there be any individual or groups that are hell-bent on creating any […]
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Sun 19 March 2023: Cyclone Freddy, which developed over the Indian Ocean more than a month ago, has dissipated this week, after making landfall a second time in southern Africa. According to authorities in Malawi, Mozambique, and Madagascar, the death toll in Southeast Africa as a result of the exceptionally long-lasting Tropical Cyclone Freddy has […]
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Sun 19 March 2023: Moatasem Jibril, a young man from Sudan, is realising his dream of conducting technological experiments to manufacture robots by using recycled electronic waste. Despite modest capabilities and living in a mud house in the city of Omdurman, west of the capital, Khartoum, Jibril did not give up on his dream of […]
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Sat 18 March 2023: Ten million children in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are in dire need of humanitarian assistance as a result of the spiralling conflict. In a report published on Friday, the United Nations children’s agency said nearly four million more children are at risk in neighbouring countries as hostilities between armed groups […]
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Fri 17 March 2023: Ahead of the planned National Shutdown scheduled for Monday, Police Minister Bheki Cele has issued a stern warning for lawbreakers. With the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) expected to embark on the shutdown, Cele said those who break the law will be arrested. “You must uphold the law but more importantly enforce […]
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Thu 16 March 2023: President Cyril Ramaphosa says although government respects the right to protest and the expression of dissatisfaction, lawlessness will not be tolerated in any protest. The President was speaking during a media briefing at the Official State Visit of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and her delegation on Thursday. Protest action is […]
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