Mon 14 April 2025: Algeria has ordered 12 French embassy officials to leave the country within 48 hours, the French foreign minister confirmed on Monday, increasing diplomatic tension between the two countries. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot asserted on Monday that the order is linked to the recent arrest of three Algerian nationals suspected of […]
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Mon 14 April 2025: Around 50 hippos have died due to an anthrax outbreak in Virunga National Park, Africa’s oldest national park. The dead animals were found floating in a river south of Lake Edward, near the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Park director Emmanuel De Merode. Anthrax, caused by […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: Tanzania’s main opposition party Chadema has been disqualified from this year’s general election and all by-elections for the next five years after refusing to sign a new electoral code of conduct. Ramadhani Kailima of the Independent National Electoral Commission made the announcement in the capital Dodoma on Saturday. “The electoral code […]
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Sun 13 April 2025: Critical community initiatives that provide testing, food and support and HIV vaccine research have been dismantled. Johannesburg, South Africa – Last year, Mary* finally had the conversation she had been dreading for more than a decade. Mary has lived with HIV since 2008. But the 36-year-old has also carried the burden of […]
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Sat 12 April 2025: Up to 45 percent of nearly 10,000 sexual violence cases reported in DRC’s conflict zone in January and February involved children, according to the UNICEF. The United Nations has condemned the widespread rape and sexual violence against children in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) reported in the first […]
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Fri 11 April 2025: With the media industry fighting for its survival amidst the rise of digital media, Deputy Minister in The Presidency, Kenny Morolong, has called on the industry to make deliberate efforts to transform the sector’s ownership patterns. “Government remains committed to working alongside industry stakeholders to ensure that South Africa’s media landscape […]
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Thu 10 April 2025: Malawi has signed a landmark labour agreement with Israel to export nurses to Israeli healthcare institutions, marking a new chapter in bilateral relations. While the deal is being touted as a solution to Malawi’s high unemployment among professional nurses, it has also sparked criticism and concerns over transparency, working conditions, and political motivations. […]
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Thu 10 April 2025: As tensions mount over South Africa’s 2025 national budget, the country’s fragile coalition government—dubbed the Government of National Unity (GNU)—is teetering on the brink of collapse, with the word “budget” now at the center of a political storm threatening to reshape the nation’s governance. On 2 April, the African National Congress […]
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Thu 10 April 2025: Amnesty International documents 36 cases of women and girls as young as 15 subjected to many forms of sexual violence. Members of Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have been subjecting women and girls to “horrific” sexual violence and gang rape, as part of their strategy in the country’s civil war, according to […]
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Thu 10 April 2025: Representatives of 40 states and four international organizations say they intend to join public hearings on Israel’s obligations in the occupied Palestinian territory that are expected to be held at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the court said Wednesday. In a statement, the ICJ said they will hold public hearings […]
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