Mon 17 March 2025: The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has announced the phased withdrawal of its military mission from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), marking a significant shift in the region’s approach to resolving the ongoing conflict. The decision follows mounting casualties among SADC troops and renewed diplomatic efforts to bring […]
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Mon 17 March 2025: The leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Sudan vowed on Saturday to continue fighting and threatened new offensives against the Sudanese army. In a video statement, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemetti, said that the RSF will not withdraw from the presidential palace or the capital, Khartoum. “The […]
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Sun 16 March 2025: The Zimbabwean government is grappling with its worst armyworm outbreak in 20 years, and is stepping up efforts to ensure that farmers secure their crops from the pest, Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Jenfan Muswere has said. During a media briefing on Tuesday, Muswere said the Ministry of Lands, […]
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Sun 16 March 2025: International medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) on Thursday warned of soaring malnutrition rates in Somalia, where chronic funding shortfalls have crippled humanitarian efforts. According to the MSF, without immediate and sustained support, thousands of children face not only starvation but also weakened immunity, increased vulnerability to diseases, and irreversible developmental […]
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Sun 16 March 2025: Türkiye’s flag carrier Turkish Airlines aims to integrate Africa with the world by expanding its already large flight network on the continent. Since its first flight to Africa in 1956, Turkish Airlines established 51 destinations in 39 African countries so far. The flight network’s expansion, one of the largest in the region, is a part of the […]
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Sat 15 March 2025: Calls to boycott companies allegedly complicit in genocide As you read this on your smartphone, consider this: the device in your hand may contain a fragment of metal that originated in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where armed conflicts have claimed more than five million lives since 1998. The tantalum inside […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: UN Security Council meets to discuss war’s toll on children as MSF secretary-general slams ‘hollow’ ceasefire calls. The war in Sudan has exposed more than 12 million people to “pervasive” sexual violence that is being used to “terrify” the entire population, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). As the war nears […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: The Southern African regional bloc has said it will conclude its troop deployment in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), having decided on a “phased withdrawal”. Leaders from the 16-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) – which has lost at least a dozen soldiers in the eastern DRC since January […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: The US and Israel have contacted officials of three East African countries to discuss using their territories to settle Palestinians who have been forcibly displaced from Gaza, the Associated Press reported today according to Reuters US and Israeli sources cited by AP said officials from Sudan, Somalia and the breakaway region of Somaliland were contacted regarding […]
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Fri 14 March 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed the European Union’s €4.7 billion Global Gateway Investment Package aimed at supporting strategic investment projects. The President was speaking during a press briefing following the 8th South Africa-European Union Summit held in Cape Town on Thursday. The package is aimed at supporting: • A clean and just […]
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