Sun 16 February 2025: An illegal gold mine in western Mali suffered a devastating collapse late Saturday, killing dozens of miners under debris as they searched for gold, said local authorities. Most were reportedly women. Local authorities reported that rescue operations were still underway at Bilali Koto well into the evening, with emergency services and […]
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Sun 16 February 2025: Investigators from the Department of Home Affairs, along with the South African Police Service (SAPS), detained Anabela Rungo, the mother of Chidimma Adetshina, at a property in Cape Town on Saturday. This action follows the withdrawal of Rungo’s South African documentation in September 2024, after it was discovered that it had […]
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Sun 16 February 2025: The factory may be in East Africa, but the Wrangler and Levi’s jeans rolling off the production line are pure Americana, destined for US stores like Walmart and JCPenney. The United Aryan factory, on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, exists for one reason: the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), […]
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Sun 16 February 2025: Sudan’s women and girls have endured horrific sexual violence throughout this war. They deserve support and protection. Today, African heads of states are convening on the margins of the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa to discuss Sudan’s devastating conflict and come up with strategies to try and put the country […]
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Sat 15 February 2025: UN agency says children as young as 12 are also being enlisted or coerced to join the fighting by armed groups. Scores of children caught up in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have been subjected to sexual violence including rape by armed men, according to the United Nations […]
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Sat 15 February 2025: A meeting of the Ophthalmological Society of South Africa (OSSA), set to take place in Johannesburg this week, has drawn the anger of medical professionals sympathetic to the Palestinian cause. Professor Ido Didi Fabian, an eye expert, faces criticism for his affiliation with Sheba Medical Centre. The facility is alleged to […]
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Sat 15 February 2025: South Africa’s 2025 budget is expected to address high debt service costs and increase taxes on alcohol and tobacco, a South African economist said on Tuesday. Frank Blackmore, lead economist at KPMG South Africa, made the remarks while announcing the consulting company’s key predictions for the upcoming 2025 national budget speech […]
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Fri 14 February 2025: Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly said Wednesday that her country is committed to strengthening engagement with its African partners, including through the G7. “South Africa is the G20’s first African President, while Canada holds the G7 Presidency,’’ she said on X after speaking by phone with South African Foreign Minister […]
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Fri 14 February 2025: People find love in many ways and through diverse mediums. Online platforms have become popular meeting places for people looking to find intimate partners, making them a prime target for cybercriminals. Online romance fraud has become a global phenomenon. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation in the US, romance scams accounted for losses to […]
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Disgruntled white South Africans protest against farm murders they blame on the government. Alexander Joe/AFP via Getty Images Fri 14 February 2025: American president Donald Trump has issued an executive order to withdraw aid from South Africa. He was reacting to what he has called the South African government’s plan to “seize ethnic minority Afrikaners’ agricultural property […]
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