Tue 04 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ Withdrawal of US aid has hurt SA’s HIV programme: Public health experts have accused the government of being in denial about the consequences of the withdrawal of US aid. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has responded defiantly. In May, he stated that a record […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday expressed concern over recent reports of “mass killings, rapes, and other crimes” by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) from Sudan’s El-Fasher, which it seized on Oct. 26, warning the acts may constitute “war crimes and crimes against humanity.” In a statement, the Office of the Prosecutor of the ICC […]
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Mon 03 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ The way presidents in SA are elected is wrong says Mbeki: Former president Thabo Mbeki on Saturday called for a change in the way South Africa’s President is elected. At the launch of the National Dialogue for the Eastern Cape higher education sector […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Some 750 children have fled El-Fasher city in western Sudan without their families amid attacks by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a local group said Saturday. In a statement, the Darfur Displaced and Refugees Coordination Committee said that over 36,000 people have escaped El-Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state, due to escalating […]
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Sun 02 November 2025: Allegation that Nigerian Christians face ‘existential threat’ seems to mirror contested claims by right-wing lawmakers. United States President Donald Trump has announced that Nigeria will be placed on a watchlist for religious freedom, based on vague claims that Christians in the country are being “slaughtered” by Muslims. In a social media post on Friday, […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: Sudanese people are being hunted down, humiliated and killed by RSF fighters, according to survivors and aid agencies. Starved and abused civilians have recounted harrowing stories after fleeing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in western Sudan’s Darfur, while thousands more remain missing. The capital of North Darfur state was the last Sudanese army […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ SA hits back at US refugee plan: The South African government has criticised the US’s decision to prioritise refugee applications from white Afrikaners, saying claims of a white genocide have been widely discredited and lack reliable evidence. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1e3de5ny14o ————- ◼️ Malawi High Court […]
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Sat 01 November 2025: The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that all known strains of the mpox virus remain in circulation, raising concerns about sustained community transmission if outbreaks are not rapidly contained, while a newly detected clade, known as clade Ib, has now spread beyond Africa. According to the WHO’s latest situation report, […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: Sudan’s prime minister calls on UN Security Council to take ‘practical measures’ to hold accountable those responsible for ‘criminal acts’ in El-Fasher 1,750 people fled to Chad from border area of Tina in North Darfur due to worsening insecurity, says UN migration organization Sudan called on the international community on Thursday […]
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Fri 31 October 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today: ◼️ US caps refugees at 7,500, prioritizes white South Africans: The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that the South African government is implementing anti-white policies through a new land expropriation law that allegedly targets Afrikaners’ land. The South African government has pushed back, calling […]
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