Tue 25 February 2025: Judith Suminwa says more than 2,500 bodies buried without identification, ‘significant’ number of civilians among dead. More than 7,000 people have been killed in fighting in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since last month, Prime Minister Judith Suminwa says, with a “significant” number of civilians among the dead. Speaking to […]
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Tue 25 February 2025: In conjunction with the National Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure (NATJOINTS) Energy Safety & Security Priority Committee, Eskom is tackling a concerning surge in violent crimes against its employees. Although there was a brief decrease earlier in the financial year, attacks have spiked since October 2024, putting staff at serious risk […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: The Senegalese government and the Movement of Democratic Forces of Casamance (MFDC) have signed a peace agreement brokered by Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo, bringing an end to one of Africa’s oldest conflicts, which has lasted four decades, state media reported. “We were able to participate in the conclusion of this […]
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Mon 24 February 2025: A long-planned bank to fund oil and gas projects in Africa must balance profit with climate considerations, experts say. A group of African countries is set to launch a bank to fund oil and gas projects amid growing reluctance by Western institutions to further invest in fossil fuels. The long-planned “Africa […]
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Sun 23 February 2025: Crime researchers use murder (or homicide) rate per 100,000 as a crude measure of the general level of violent interpersonal crime globally. According to the United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime, South Africa’s murder rate of 45 per 100,000 (2023/24) is the second highest for countries that publish crime data. The […]
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Sat 22 February 2025: Former South African Minister of International Relations and current chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Foundation Naledi Pandor on Saturday called for urgent reforms to the United Nations, criticizing disparities in global responses to humanitarian crises. Speaking at an international panel discussion titled “A Fairer World is Possible” in London, hosted by […]
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Sat 22 February 2025: Will Brics nations pose a real challenge to Donald Trump’s second term in office? And how do Trump’s tariffs stack up against this rising bloc? US economist Richard D. Wolff joined us for an extended conversation on Trump, tariffs Brics, as well as the US plan to ‘take over’ Gaza. “This […]
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White South Africans demonstrate in support of US President Donald Trump in front of the US embassy in Pretoria, South Africa, on February 15, 2025 [Jerome Delay/AP] Sat 22 February 2025: As Trump offers to take in Afrikaner refugees, many say right-wing lobbyists have spread misinformation and fear. Johannesburg and Pretoria, South Africa – On a […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: The Zambian government announced Tuesday the suspension of export duty on gemstones and emeralds after market players complained about its reintroduction. Secretary to the Treasury Felix Nkulukusa said that the finance minister had signed a statutory instrument on the suspension of the 15-percent duty to allow local producers to compete more […]
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Fri 21 February 2025: France on Thursday withdrew from its sole military base in Ivory Coast, in West Africa, according to media reports. France’s Defense Minister Sebastien Lecornu attended the official decommissioning ceremony at the base, local media reported. Ivory Coast, a former French colony, will continue cooperating with France on the military level, as previously announced by Ivorian […]
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