Tue 11 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ MK Party members stuck in Russia-Ukraine war: Seventeen South African men are fighting for their lives on the frontlines of the war in Ukraine after they were sent to Russia by Jacob Zuma’s MK Party for what they believed was training to become […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: African Union Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf expressed grave concern Sunday over the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Mali following reports that terrorist groups have imposed crippling blockades, disrupted access to essential supplies and severely worsened humanitarian conditions for civilians. In a statement, Youssouf condemned the deadly attacks which have killed […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: People fleeing el-Fasher for Al Dabbah tell Al Jazeera many died on the way from wounds or lack of food. A Sudanese medical organisation has accused the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of engaging in a “desperate attempt” to conceal evidence of mass killings in Darfur by burning bodies or burying […]
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Mon 10 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Trump’s boycott triggers political storm in SA: DA spokesperson on international relations Ryan Smith said: “The ANC’s use of Dirco [department of international relations and cooperation] to entertain dalliances with Iran and other malign international actors is now affecting our standing with major […]
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Sun 09 November 2025: The al-Qaeda-linked group JNIM wants to incite popular discontent and pressure Mali’s military government, experts say. A months-long siege on the Malian capital, Bamako, by the armed al-Qaeda affiliate group, Jama’at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM), has brought the city to breaking point, causing desperation among residents and, according to analysts, placing […]
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Sat 08 November 2025: WFP says a ‘deepening hunger crisis’ is unfolding and that it may have to pause food aid due to record low funding. The number of people facing emergency levels of hunger in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has nearly doubled since last year, the United Nations has warned. The UN’s […]
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Sat 08 November 2025: More than 1,400 citizens from three dozen African countries are fighting alongside Russian forces in Ukraine, Kyiv’s foreign minister said on Friday. Ukrainian officials say Russia has tried to bolster the force attacking its smaller neighbour by recruiting fighters from a variety of countries, sometimes through subterfuge. Andriy Sybiha said Russia […]
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Sat 08 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Trump says US to boycott South Africa G20 summit: Trump calls it a ‘disgrace’ that South Africa is hosting the G20, reiterates debunked claims of a ‘genocide’ against white farmers. Since returning to the White House in January, Trump has repeatedly claimed that […]
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Sat 08 November 2025: Trump calls it a ‘disgrace’ that South Africa is hosting the G20, reiterates debunked claims of a ‘genocide’ against white farmers. By Alastair McCready and News Agencies President Donald Trump has said no United States officials will attend this year’s Group of 20 (G20) summit in South Africa, citing the country’s treatment of […]
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Fri 07 November 2025: The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced on Thursday that it has accepted a humanitarian truce in Sudan proposed by the Quad nations—the United States, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt. In a statement, the rebel group said it looks forward to “implementing the agreement and immediately commencing discussions on the […]
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