Thu 05 December 2024: Experts on Wednesday called for bold action against harmful practices and violence against women, and girls in West and Central Africa at the UN summit on women’s rights in Senegal. Violence against women through traditional norms, discrimination, violence extremism, and social media is “alarming” in West and Central Africa, according to […]
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Wed 04 December 2024: At least 79 people died as a result of a mysterious disease in the southwestern province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) last month, with the health minister announcing on Tuesday that a team of experts have been dispatched to determine the exact nature of the illness. The situation in […]
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Wed 04 December 2024: With the public gearing up for the festive season, consumers will have to dig deeper into their pockets as the price of all grades of petrol has increased by 17 cents a litre. The Department of Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) announced the price increase of 93 (ULP & LRP) and […]
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Wed 04 December 2024: Namibia has elected its first female leader, with ruling SWAPO party candidate and Vice President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah announced Tuesday as the winner of last week’s presidential polls. With Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, now president-elect, the South West Africa People’s Organization (SWAPO) has extended its rule in the southern African nation. She garnered 57.31% […]
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Mon 02 December 2024: The National Consumer Commission (NCC) has announced that members of the public can contact the commission free of charge and facilitate the seamless registration of complaints and tip-offs related to the sale of fake or expired foodstuffs. For a period of three months, starting on 1 December 2024, members of the […]
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Mon 02 December 2024: African health officials committed Sunday to scaling up health care interventions aimed at curbing new HIV infections during World AIDS Day. The day was marked under the global theme “Take the rights path: My health, my right!” underscoring the link between human rights and health care access. Rwanda’s Health Minister Sabin […]
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Mon 02 December 2024: A fresh approach to road safety will be taken this festive season, transport minister Barbara Creecy has announced. Boots will be on the ground at specific hotspots at certain times of the day, and a wider education campaign will be in place. “We are trying something new this year,” the minister […]
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Sun 01 December 2024: Rescue workers have yet to find nearly 200 people who are missing one day after a boat capsized in Kogi State in Nigeria, an official told Anadolu on Saturday. Suleiman Makana, a spokesperson for the National Inland Waterway Authority, said rescue and emergency workers deployed to the Dambo-Ebuchi stretch of the […]
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Sat 30 November 2024: Tensions are mounting in Namibia after a controversial extension of presidential and parliamentary elections into the weekend owing to “irregularities” that slowed down voting. The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) announced on Friday that polling stations that should have closed two days earlier, would remain open until Saturday night, admitting to “logistical” failures, […]
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Fri 29 November 2024: President Cyril Ramaphosa says more than 1 000 spaza shops, supermarkets and warehouses have been closed since he announced a range of measures to prevent further incidents foodborne illnesses two weeks ago. Delivering his annual address to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) in Parliament on Thursday, the President said that […]
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