Tue 17 December 2024: The Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC) has called on motorists to exercise extreme caution on the roads. The call follows a major collision that claimed 15 lives in the Eastern Cape on Monday morning. In a statement issued, the RTMC said the collision occurred when a minibus crashed head-on with an […]
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Mon 16 December 2024: The Economic Community of West African States hopes to use this time to convince the three nations to stay in the bloc. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will have a six-month grace period following their exit from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), scheduled for January 29, a year after […]
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Sun 15 December 2024: At least thirty-nine people have been killed in two attacks in recent days in western Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso, Niamey’s defence ministry said. “Two horrific tragedies happened in the communities of Libiri and Kokorou, criminals cornered by constant operations by defence and security forces launched attacks on defenceless […]
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Fri 13 December 2024: Accused of running false news in Niger, British public broadcaster the BBC has been suspended from operations in the West African nation for the next three months. Communications Minister Sidi Mohamed Raliou accused the BBC of having broadcast “false information,” allegedly aimed at “destabilizing social tranquility and undermining the morale of […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has called on Kenya to strengthen its fiscal framework and reduce debt vulnerabilities to improve the country’s resilience against economic and climate shocks. IMF Deputy Managing Director Nigel Clarke, who concluded a three-day visit to Kenya on Tuesday, said the authorities face a difficult balancing act […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Landlocked Chad, a West African country, announced that it is breaking off its military and security ties with its former colonial master, France. Chad’s Foreign Minister, Abderaman Koulamallah, in making the surprise announcement on 28 November, declared that France should consider that “Chad has grown up, matured and is a sovereign state” and […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: There is little doubt that Julius Malema will continue to run the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) after the party’s elective conference this weekend. So says a political analyst. More than 2500 delegates will converge at Nasrec, Johannesburg, to choose their next commander-in-chief. Professor Sam Khama, a governance expert, predicts a third […]
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Thu 12 December 2024: Turkiye’s President Erdogan announced the breakthrough after talks between the Ethiopian and Somali leaders in Ankara. Somalia and Ethiopia have agreed on a joint declaration to resolve their dispute over the breakaway Somaliland region and land-locked Ethiopia’s push for sea access, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced. Speaking in a joint news […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: Things can only get worse for the African National Congress (ANC) as a premature succession battle threatens to rupture the party. This is according to Professor Kedibone Phago of North-West University (NWU), who spoke to Newzroom Afrika on Monday. The party’s next elective conference, when it is expected to choose new leaders, is […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: An estimated 263 million malaria cases and 597,000 deaths were reported worldwide in 2023, nearly the same number of fatalities but 11 million more cases compared to 2022, according to a report released Wednesday by the World Health Organization. Around 95% of the deaths occurred in the WHO African Region, with […]
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