Mon 11 November 2024: The Democratic Alliance (DA) is calling for the dissolution of the Johannesburg Water board, citing incompetence as the root cause of the city’s persistent water problems. Ward 74 councillor and DA caucus leader Cllr Belinda Kayser-Echeozonjoku spearheaded this demand, telling Salaamedia that it’s one way the party aims to hold the […]
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December 2023 – Dakar, Senegal launched sub-Saharan Africa’s first all-electric bus rapid transit network of 23 bus stations. Mon 11 November 2024: In sub-Saharan Africa, high levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) pollution from vehicle tailpipe emissions cause poor health, developmental stunting, and even death. Vehicle emissions also contribute to global warming. Electric vehicles could help solve these problems but they’ve been […]
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Sun 10 November 2024: People in Mauritius are casting their ballots in the parliamentary election that has been clouded by a wire-tapping scandal. Polls opened at 7am (03:00 GMT) and close at 6pm (14:00 GMT) on Sunday in the 12th election since independence from the United Kingdom in 1968. Results are expected on Monday. There are about […]
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Fri 08 November 2024: Botswana’s economy is technically in recession, as the southern African country’s diamond sector is faltering on the global market, an official said on Thursday. Innocent Molalapata, director of the research and financial stability department at the Bank of Botswana, the country’s central bank, told reporters at a media briefing held by […]
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Fri 08 November 2024: Loadshedding may be over Johannesburg’s journey through a dark tunnel is not. Eskom intends to cut the city’s electricity supply over a multi-billion Rand bill. Eskom plans to interrupt electricity supply to some areas from 14 December. The power utility says the City of Johannesburg (CoJ) owes R4.9 billion, and that […]
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Fri 08 November 2024: ‘Strikes at heart of Putin’s war machine’ also target people involved in Ukraine war and Salisbury nerve agent attack. The United Kingdom has announced dozens of new sanctions against Russia, targeting African mercenary groups backed by Moscow and people involved in the Ukraine war and a nerve agent attack on British […]
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Fri 08 November 2024: The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the Horn of Africa reached 20.4 million in October, up from 19.9 million in August, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said Thursday. The rise was primarily driven by increased displacement in Burundi and Sudan, the UN migration agency said in a report […]
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Thu 07 November 2024: The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has encouraged citizens to always report any suspected side effects they may experience from taking medicines, vaccines or using medical devices, to help make medicines safer for everyone. While humanity benefits greatly from medicines in the treatment of illness and management of […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: Mogadishu and Washington yesterday agreed to exempt Somalia from paying $1 billion in debt. According to the official news agency Sonna, the Somali Minister of Finance Bihi Egeh signed an agreement with the US Ambassador Richard Riley in the capital, Mogadishu. The agency stated that “a bilateral agreement forgives Somalia’s $1.14 billion […]
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Wed 06 November 2024: The number of cholera infection cases in Sudan has climbed to 30,880, while dengue fever cases reached 6,011, Sudan’s Health Ministry said on Tuesday. “The cholera epidemiological situation report revealed the registration of 138 new cases, including two deaths, bringing the total to 30,880 cases, including 887 deaths,” the ministry said […]
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