Sat 08 February 2025: More than 50 people were killed near Mali’s northeastern city of Gao on Friday after armed assailants ambushed their convoy and its army escort, a local official and residents said. The attackers struck near the village of Kobe, around 30 km (19 miles) from Gao in a region where affiliates of […]
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Sat 08 February 2025: According to a study conducted by Paris-Saclay University in France, large Saharan dust clouds that covered Europe in March 2022 contained an unexpected component: radioactive traces from nuclear tests conducted by the United States and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s. The researchers noted that the detected radioactivity levels were well below harmful thresholds for […]
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Sat 08 February 2025: US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order cutting US financial assistance to South Africa, citing concerns over its land expropriation law, its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), and closer ties with Iran, the White House announced on Friday. “The United States cannot support […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: US president Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization is threatening funding for critical health programmes like HIV/Aids and tuberculosis in different parts of the world, including Nigeria. The Conversation Africa’s Adejuwon Soyinka asked professor of virology and former WHO Africa regional virologist Oyewale Tomori why Nigeria is heavily dependent on US […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: The National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate is set to increase from R27.58 to R28.79 per hour, from 1 March 2025. Employment and Labour Minister, Nomakhosazana Meth made the announcement on Wednesday. The increment is in line with the National Minimum Wage Act, introduced by South Africa for implementation, in 2019. In […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: Niger’s government has terminated its agreement with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), ordering the closure of ICRC offices and the immediate departure of foreign staff, as stated in a verbal note on January 31. This move comes amidst growing tensions between Niger’s ruling military junta and international organizations […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed concern at the potential impact of the decision by the United States government to suspend some of its funding for HIV and Tuberculosis (TB) programmes in African countries for 90 days. “This funding accounts for about 17% of our country’s HIV spend. We have been able […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: Sudan’s South Kordofan and Blue Nile states are teetering on the edge of disaster due to escalating violence, warns the UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Clementine Nkweta-Salami. The recent outbreak of hostilities in Kadugli, South Kordofan, has reportedly claimed at least 80 civilian lives and left many more injured. The situation […]
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Fri 07 February 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has used his State of the Nation Address (SONA) to reaffirm to the nation the country’s resilience and determination to overcome its challenges. “We are a resilient people. We will not be bullied. We will stand together as a united nation. We will speak with one voice in […]
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Thu 06 February 2025: Namibia’s first woman president-elect, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, will take office on March 21 in a ceremony to coincide with the country’s 35th Independence Day, according to incumbent President Nangolo. “Let us roll up our sleeves and put in the hard work ahead of the inauguration of the new government on March 21st,” […]
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