Mon 25 May 2026: Nigerian authorities announced Sunday that 92 civilians who had been taken hostage by the Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorist groups have been rescued. Lieutenant Colonel Sani Uba, media information officer for Operation Hadin Kai, said in a statement that the army conducted operations against Boko Haram […]
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Mon 25 May 2026: Confirmed cases of Ebola virus disease have passed the 100 mark as infections surge in the current outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to a report released Sunday by health authorities. The report issued by the Communications Ministry showed that as of May 23, the virus had affected 11 […]
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Mon 25 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: 👇🏼 ◼️ Africa Day 2026: Sixty-three years later, as the continent marks Africa Day 2026, questions over what liberation really means still linger. What was once defined by flags and anthems is now increasingly seen through debates about who controls wealth, technology and global […]
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Mon 25 May 2026: Africa Day 2026 spotlights power, debt and digital control as Africans redefine sovereignty. Nairobi, Kenya – When African leaders gathered in Addis Ababa on May 25, 1963 to found the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), the occasion became a symbol of continental liberation that many still call Africa Liberation Day. Sixty-three years […]
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Sun 24 May 2026: Three volunteer aid workers from the Red Cross were among the first people to die in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The three were believed to have been infected on March 27 while handling bodies, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in Geneva on Saturday. […]
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Sat 23 May 2026: Senegal’s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye has dismissed Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko and dissolved the government, a move that risks deepening uncertainty in a country grappling with a debt crisis and ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). A statement read out by a presidential aide on state media on Friday informed the nation that […]
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A dead humpback whale lies washed up on a beach in Simon’s Town, near Cape Town, South Africa, October 15, 2024 Sat 23 May 2026: Whales are increasingly exposed to traffic – and ship strikes. The United States-Israel war on Iran has disrupted global supplies of energy, fertilisers, medicines and even helium, devastating economies around […]
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Sat 23 May 2026: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:👇🏼 ◼️ Trump ‘clear’ on refugee resettlement, Afrikaners in SA prioritised: The United States (US) government has signalled a policy shift prioritising the resettlement of Afrikaners from South Africa, citing concerns over alleged race‑based discrimination, with refugee admissions ultimately determined at the presidential level by […]
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Sat 23 May 2026: International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) Minister Ronald Lamola has reiterated government’s position that attacks against foreign nationals are unlawful and cannot be tolerated. Lamola was speaking on the sidelines of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Foreign Ministers’ Retreat currently underway at Skukuza in Kruger National Park, where migration has emerged […]
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Fri 22 May 2026: South Africa recorded a 9.5% decrease in murders during the fourth quarter of the 2025/26 financial year, with 546 fewer people killed compared with the same period a year earlier, Police Minister Firoz Cachalia announced on Friday. Presenting crime statistics for the period January 1 to March 31, 2026, Cachalia said […]
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