Mon 06 October 2025: Anti-government protests intensified in Madagascar on Monday, marking the third consecutive week of unrest, as crowds in the capital, Antananarivo, demanded the resignation of President Andry Rajoelina. Police responded by firing tear gas at demonstrators, many of whom were university students, according to a Reuters reporter on the scene. The protests, […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: Africa’s 5G access is far below the global average of more than 20 percent, highlighting connectivity challenges. Only 1.2 percent of Africans currently have access to 5G networks compared with a global average of more than 20 percent, a sign that the continent remains at an early stage in accessing next-generation […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US-blacklisted Russian cargo plane lands in South Africa, raising diplomatic tensions: A Russian cargo aircraft, which has been blacklisted by the US, and landed in Upington on Thursday was offloading transport general cargo, civilian helicopters, and acrobatic. aeroplanes, the Department of Transport confirmed […]
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Mon 06 October 2025: Government has called on members of the public to remain vigilant, responsible, and digitally literate to ensure their safety in cyberspace. “Cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and by working together, we can protect citizens, especially vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly, from the ever-growing threats in the digital space,” […]
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Sun 05 October 2025: Attackers wore military uniform and rode vehicles imitating security forces to breach a high-security prison in the capital. All seven attackers who stormed a major prison complex in Mogadishu have been killed following an hours-long gun battle in the largest such assault on the capital in recent months, the Somali government […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina has dismissed demands for his resignation from a youth-led protest movement, labeling their actions as a coup attempt orchestrated by political opponents. On Friday, demonstrators flooded the streets of Antananarivo following a brief pause in the almost daily protests led by the “Gen Z” movement, which has […]
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Sat 04 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Mandla Mandela to be deported: Chief Mandla Mandela, the grandson of global anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela, is expected to be deported by Israel within the next few days. The activist was among those intercepted on the GSF Flotilla this week. The GSF comprises […]
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Fri 03 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Why did Nathi Mthethwa initially book the Paris hotel for two days?: “The body is in the government mortuary (Paris). They must still do the autopsy. They said they think by Monday, at the latest, Tuesday, they’ll finish their processes, and they can […]
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Fri 03 October 2025: The Ebola outbreak in Kasai Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is showing early signs of decline, though funding gaps and logistical challenges continue to hamper response efforts, health officials said Thursday. Patrick Abok, acting regional emergency director at the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa, […]
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Thu 02 October 2025: Two individuals were killed when police fired on a crowd trying to “storm” a police station in southern Morocco, state media reported, amid ongoing, occasionally violent youth-led protests across the country. Morocco’s Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday that around 300 people, most of them members of the security forces, were […]
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