UN REPORT REVEALS GLOBAL HUNGER FALLS, BUT FOOD INSECURITY RISES IN AFRICA

Tue 29 July 2025: Global hunger fell in 2024 for a third straight year, but conflict and climate shocks deepened crises in Africa and the Middle East. Global hunger levels declined for a third consecutive year in 2024, according to a new United Nations report, as better access to food in South America and India […]

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ESWATINI FACES INCREASED PUBLIC PRESSURE AFTER ACCEPTING PRISONERS DEPORTED FROM US

Tue 29 July 2025: In Eswatini, the arrival of five men deported from the United States under Washington’s anti-immigrant measures has sparked a rare wave of public protest. The five, nationals of Vietnam, Laos, Yemen, Cuba and Jamaica, were flown to Eswatini’s administrative capital of Mbabane on July 16 on a US military plane and […]

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EFF AT 12: A LEGACY OF DISRUPTION, DEBATE AND DEMOCRATIC EVOLUTION

Tue 29 July 2025: The far-left party marks over a decade in South African politics with a rally in Khayelitsha. The Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) celebrated its 12th anniversary on Saturday, 26 July 2025. This marked a significant milestone for a party that has profoundly influenced South Africa’s political landscape. Commemorating the occasion with a […]

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REBEL GROUP ADF’S ATTACK ON DRC CATHOLIC CHURCH KILLS AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE

Mon 28 July 2025: At least 21 people were killed on Sunday in an attack on church premises in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo by a rebel group, according to a civil society leader. The attack was carried out by members of the Allied Democratic Force (ADF) around 1 am inside the premises of a Catholic church […]

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MALNUTRITION IN NIGERIA KILLED 652 CHILDREN IN PAST SIX MONTHS, MSF SAYS

Sun 27 July 2025: The charity says the deaths were caused due to funding cuts by international donors amid insecurity in northern Nigeria.  At least 652 children have died from malnutrition in the Nigerian state of Katsina in the first six months of 2025, according to Doctors Without Borders. The charity, known by its French […]

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JOSHLIN SMITH: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE CHASE NEW LEADS FOR MISSING GIRL SOLD BY MOTHER

Sat 26 July 2025: Police in South Africa are pursuing new leads in the case of a missing girl, Joshlin Smith, whose mother was sentenced to life in prison in May for kidnapping and trafficking the six-year-old girl. Search and rescue teams on Friday combed through an informal settlement in Saldanha Bay as part of […]

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SENEGAL BANS MOTORBIKES NEAR MALI BORDER AMID SECURITY FEARS

Sat 26 July 2025: Senegal officials have imposed a nighttime ban on motorcycles in an eastern region after terrorists used motorbikes in recent attacks in towns just over the border in Mali. A decree published this week said the prohibition was for “security reasons”, after attackers targeted army positions in several Malian towns on July […]

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AFRICA’S MINERALS ARE BEING BARTERED FOR SECURITY: WHY IT’S A BAD IDEA

Sat 26 July 2025: A US-brokered peace deal between the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda binds the two African nations to a worrying arrangement: one where a country signs away its mineral resources to a superpower in return for opaque assurances of security. The peace deal, signed in June 2025, aims to end three decades of […]

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BOTSWANA SEEKS MORE CONTROL OF DIAMOND MINING GIANT DE BEERS

Fri 25 July 2025: Botswana is seeking to take a controlling stake in De Beers as Anglo American prepares to divest from the diamond giant, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing the country’s mining minister. Mining Minister Bogolo Kenewendo told the Financial Times that President Duma Boko “remains resolute in his quest to increase […]

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