Fri 18 February 2022: South Africa will support proposals to address the issue of marine litter and plastic pollution at the upcoming 5th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA 5.2). “South Africa supports the proposal to mandate the Executive Director of UNEP to establish an Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) under UNEA to negotiate […]
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Thu 17 February 2022: With government taking bold steps to modernise its systems, the era of long queues that forced motorists to take time off work in order to access traffic services will soon become a thing of the past. This is according to Minister of Transport Fikile Mbalula who together with the Road Traffic […]
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Thu 17 February 2022: After nearly ten years of fighting armed insurgency in Mali, France and its European allies have declared that they will begin evacuating soldiers. The ruling military government’s “multiple obstructions” meant that the conditions to operate in Mali were no longer in place, according to a declaration signed by France and its […]
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Thu 17 February 2022: The triennial high-level summits between the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) are often criticised as being photo opportunities without substance. Nevertheless, even photo opportunities are important. They show that European leaders are willing to receive their African counterparts on par with full honours. This is important given the […]
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Wed 16 February 2022: BioNTech, a German vaccine company that collaborated with Pfizer to produce the first globally authorized COVID-19 vaccine, announced plans to build manufacturing facilities in Africa on Wednesday, which will increase the supply of much-needed medications on the continent. The modular design, which was unveiled at a ceremony in Marburg, Germany, consists […]
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Wed 16 February 2022: Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba was sworn in as the new president of Burkina Faso on Wednesday in a televised ceremony. Damiba, head of the Patriotic Movement for Safeguard and Restoration, took his oath in front of the Constitutional Council to “preserve, respect, uphold and defend the Constitution, the fundamental act and […]
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Wed 16 February 2022: As per reliable sources, French President Emmanuel Macron will announce this week that French troops will be withdrawn from Mali and redeployed elsewhere in the Sahel following a breakdown in relations with the country’s military regime. Several security sources told AFP that Macron’s decision to end the nine-year French mission in […]
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Wed 16 February 2022: As global warming continues to devastate rural agriculture, young women are moving to urban centres – and into prostitution. Epworth, Zimbabwe – Tawanda, 16, gazes calmly into the sky as the sun sets, getting ready for work as the night begins. Tawanda, whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is […]
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Tue 15 February 2022: According to the United Nations, severe drought is threatening to force nearly half of Somali children under the age of five into acute malnutrition this year, with hundreds of thousands in need of life-saving treatment. “Malnutrition has reached crisis levels,” Victor Chinyama, head of communications for the UN children’s agency UNICEF’s Somalia […]
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Tue 15 February 2022: Police Minister Bheki Cele has told a joint sitting of Parliament that there is no security threat to the country. He said this when he participated in a debate on the State of the Nation Address on Monday. “Allow me to reiterate and reaffirm our strong position as the security cluster, […]
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