Mon 06 February 2023: At least 34 people have been killed in fighting in Somalia’s northern breakaway region of Somaliland, two doctors at a public hospital in the town of Laascaanood say. Fighting broke out in eastern Somaliland on Monday morning between forces from the region, which declared its independence in 1991, and fighters opposed […]
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Mon 06 February 2023: The Malian interim government says the head of the United Nations peacekeeping mission’s human rights division has been asked to leave the country within 48 hours after being declared persona non grata. In a statement on Sunday, it said the decision to expel Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali was connected to his allegedly […]
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Siddi children performing Dance Dhamaal in Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India. Courtesy Sayan Dey, CC BY-SA Sun 05 February 2023: The term Siddi refers to Afro-Indians – Africans who mixed with Indians through marriage and relationships. Africans crossed the Indian Ocean and arrived in India during the 1200s, 1300s and 1400s. They were transported by Islamic invaders and Portuguese colonisers […]
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Sat 04 February 2023: Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud said his government had expelled Iranian diplomats and closed Iran’s embassy in Mogadishu for spreading Shiism, Asharq Al Aswat reported. Somali media quoted Sheikh Mahmoud as telling the Somali Scholars Conference on Tuesday (24 January, 2023) that the country’s intelligence service monitored Iranian moves to spread […]
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Sat 04 February 2023: Pope Francis has urged South Sudan’s leaders to make a fresh start toward peace and to avoid further bloodshed and violence in the country. “In the name of God, the God in whom so many people of South Sudan believe, now is the time to say ‘no more of this:’ No […]
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Fri 03 February 2023: The City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Thapelo Amad, has reassured Johannesburg residents that the City’s water is safe for consumption. This comes after reports appeared on social media that a resident noticed blue water when opening the tap a few days ago. Amad said following the reports, Joburg Water launched an […]
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Fri 03 February 2023: Eskom board member, Mteto Nyati, says the power utility and its board is working intently on five key priorities to improve the performance of power stations and ease load shedding as swiftly as possible. He was speaking on Thursday during a media briefing to update South Africans on the challenges facing […]
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Thu 02 February 2023: France continues to treat African countries “from the standpoint of its colonial past,” according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday, Anadolu Agency reported. “Each African country, in accordance with its interests, situation, and opportunities, speaks in favor of developing relations with a particular state. They don’t need a […]
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Thu 02 February 2023: Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana has invited South Africans to make inputs on what they would like to see reflected in the upcoming National Budget Speech. In a statement on Wednesday, the Ministry of Finance said Godongwana would deliver the National Budget Speech on 22 February 2023. “As usual, the budget allocation […]
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, goes to shake hands with former President of Chad Idriss Deby, during a joint news conference on November 25, 2018 (File Photo) Wed 01 February 2023: Chad will inaugurate on Thursday an embassy in Israel, building on bilateral relations that were established five years ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin […]
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