Tue 22 July 2025: Sudan’s Telecommunications and Post Regulatory Authority (TPRA) has announced a “precautionary restriction” on WhatsApp voice and video calling services across the country beginning on Friday, July 25, 2025. In a statement, TTRA says the measure is being implemented to counter potential security threats and safeguard national security and the country’s paramount […]
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Tue 22 July 2025: Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki has warned neighbour Ethiopia against launching a new war between the two countries, with tensions high in the Horn of Africa region. Eritrea and Ethiopia have had fraught relations since the former declared independence in 1993, with tens of thousands of people killed in a war between the two […]
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Mon 21 July 2025: Kenyan rights activist Boniface Mwangi is accused of “facilitation of terrorist acts” during protests that rocked the country in June 2025, investigators said on Sunday, a day after he was arrested. Mwangi, who was arrested at his home near Nairobi, is being held at a police station in the capital and […]
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Sat 19 July 2025: The declaration has been agreed by representatives of both sides in Doha, weeks after talks in Washington. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the M23 rebel group have signed a declaration of principles in Qatar to end fighting in eastern Congo. The declaration was signed on Saturday between representatives […]
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Sat 19 July 2025: he Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has assured the public that the presence of anti-retroviral (ARV) residues in drinking water poses no health risk and cannot result in HIV transmission. This follows the release of a study by North West University’s Unit for Environmental Sciences and Management and the Africa […]
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Eswatini’s King Mswati III Thu 17 July 2025: The Trump administration has pushed third-party countries to accept deportees whose home countries allegedly will not accept them. The government of the tiny, landlocked African country of Eswatini has confirmed that it received five individuals deported from the United States under President Donald Trump. In a statement on […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on South Africa could cause around 100,000 job losses, with the agriculture and automotive sectors hardest-hit, central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Wednesday. Kganyago told local radio station 702 that the impact of the 30% tariff, which Africa’s biggest economy faces from August 1, could […]
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Thu 17 July 2025: A groundbreaking study reveals the presence of antiretroviral drugs and other pharmaceuticals in the nation’s water, prompting calls for urgent legislative and infrastructural upgrades. A recent study by North-West University (NWU) has uncovered significant concentrations of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs in South Africa’s water sources, particularly downstream from wastewater treatment plants. The research, described […]
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Wed 16 July 2025: Mozambique has confirmed a surge in cases of the mpox virus during the past 48 hours in parts of the country. According to a report by the National Directorate of Public Health made available Tuesday, the country has recorded 11 cases, but no deaths have been reported so far. Niassa is […]
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Wed 16 July 2025: Deputy Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Mimmy Gondwe, has reaffirmed her commitment to strengthening and enhancing the campaign against bogus colleges ahead of the 2026 academic year application season. Gondwe led a two-day intergovernmental awareness campaign in Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality, in East London, Eastern Cape, on Monday and […]
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