Wed 15 January 2025: South Africa – The Hawks and the Western Cape Mobility Department have issued a strong warning about job scams targeting SAPS and the Gene Louw Traffic Training College. Scammers are taking advantage of people’s aspirations, pretending to represent these institutions and tricking them into paying for fake job opportunities. In the SAPS-related […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: A Congolese court has sentenced three Chinese citizens to seven years in prison after they were arrested in possession of gold bars and $400,000 in cash and found guilty of illegal activities linked to the artisanal mining sector. The trio are the first Chinese nationals to stand trial since Democratic Republic […]
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Wed 15 January 2025: Hundreds more survivors and dozens more bodies still underground, according to a miners rights group. South African rescuers have pulled 36 bodies and 82 survivors from a gold mine in two days of operations, police say, adding that the survivors would face illegal mining and immigration charges. After nine bodies were […]
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Tue 14 January 2025: Interpol arrested at least 200 people in four West African countries as part of operations against illegal mining, the international police body said on Tuesday. The operations, code-named Sanu, were carried out in Burkina Faso, Gambia, Guinea and Senegal from June to October last year. Investigators seized a large quantity of […]
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Tue 14 January 2025: There was a hive of activity at schools across the country this morning as matriculants eagerly returned to collect their examination results. The air was filled with excitement, nervous anticipation and bursts of joy, as learners celebrated the culmination of 12 years of hard work. Many schools held special celebrations to […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: About 250 lawmakers sworn in, while the opposition calls for a strike to protest against disputed election results. Mozambique has sworn in its new parliament with the streets of the capital largely deserted after the opposition leader called for a strike to protest against the result of highly disputed elections. Two smaller […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: Officials say Boko Haram and ISWAP groups suspected of being behind the attacks on farmers in the Dumba region. At least 40 farmers have been killed in an attack by armed groups in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, according to government officials. Fighters from the Boko Haram group and ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: Sudan’s leader said Sunday that “colonial powers” are fueling conflicts in Africa. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, made the remarks during his meeting with Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo at the presidential palace in the capital Bissau, according to a statement from the council. The council said […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: South Africa – As schools prepare to reopen on 15 January 2025, both Gauteng and the Western Cape have introduced measures to ensure the safety of learners relying on scholar transport. In Gauteng, MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela has warned unregistered scholar transport operators, urging them to comply with operating […]
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Mon 13 January 2025: About 14,700 confirmed mpox cases, including 66 deaths, were reported in 20 African countries from January 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Saturday. The confirmed cases represent only a subset of suspected cases, the WHO said. It previously said that a significant number of suspected […]
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