Tue 21 April 2026: Soldiers rescue civilian captives held by the Allied Democratic Forces, a group linked with ISIL (ISIS). Ugandan and Congolese forces have reported the rescue of at least 200 civilians from captivity by an ISIL (ISIS)-linked rebel group in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The captives were freed last […]
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Tue 21 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Top cop Masemola faces court as Saps admits public trust has ‘eroded’: “For us as the Saps, this is a defining moment, not only for the National Commissioner of the Saps, but for the organisation as a whole, for the mere fact […]
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Mon 20 April 2026: Police are investigating a fatal shooting after a road rage incident in Emmarentia, Johannesburg, that left one man dead and two others wounded on Sunday afternoon. The incident has renewed calls for stricter firearm regulations and a more concerted public effort to tackle the culture of violent escalation on the […]
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Mon 20 April 2026: Several pregnant women and children have been rescued from a “baby factory” in Nigeria’s main city, Lagos, the authorities said. A raid on the facility located the Badagry area of Lagos State led to the rescue of 18 pregnant women and 10 children, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) […]
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Mon 20 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in *South Africa today:* 👇🏼 ◼️ R500,000 of taxpayer money used to send the Finance Minister’s wife to Davos and Paris: This question comes after several high-profile incidents involving ministers having their partners accompany them on trips outside of South Africa for state business. The most high-profile case […]
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Sun 19 April 2026: Silence, in international politics, is rarely neutral. In Sudan, it has become lethal. Three years into a civil war that has displaced more people than any other conflict on earth, the scale of devastation sits in jarring contrast with its absence from global consciousness. Since fighting erupted on 15 April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Leo is the third pontiff to visit the fossil fuel-rich country after John Paul II in 1992 and Benedict XVI in 2009. Pope Leo XIV is set to arrive in Angola on the third leg of a landmark African tour that has unfolded alongside an escalating war of words with United States […]
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Sat 18 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Presidential spokesperson responds to fresh Trump SA white genocide claims: Although Trump did not explicitly say that only white farmers were approved through the program, his comments alluded to it when speaking of a white “genocide” in the country. “We stopped third-world […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: Amnesty International calls Traore government’s move a ‘flagrant attack’ on basic rights. Burkina Faso’s military government has ordered the dissolution of more than 100 associations and civil society groups – which rights groups are calling an “attack” on basic rights. It is the latest crackdown in the West African country, months […]
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Fri 17 April 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ What now for Malema and EFF? Parliamentary rules state any custodial sentence without the option of a fine in excess of 12 months means an MP loses their seat for a period of five years after the sentence is served. But Malema’s […]
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