Fri 31 January 2025: The South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to reduce the repo rate by 25 basis points, with effect from 31 January 2025. “Four members preferred this action, while two supported an unchanged stance. The committee ultimately agreed that it was possible to reduce the degree of […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: The situation in the eastern city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo began returning to normal on Thursday after a week of intense clashes between government forces and rebels, allegedly backed by Rwanda. Although the tension remains high, sporadic gunfire has ceased with no latest clashes reported in the […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: France ended its military presence in Chad on Thursday, vacating its last base in the central African nation a day ahead of the deadline set by Chadian authorities. The French military withdrew from the Sergent Adji Kossei base in the capital, N’Djamena, marking the final step in its departure, the Chadian […]
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Thu 30 January 2025: The violence wrought by the Rwandan-backed rebel group M23 Movement is often narrowly framed as intended to control eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s resource-rich mining sites. The rebel group launched its most recent offensive in 2021 and currently controls vast territories in the south-east of North Kivu province, surrounding and cutting off the main city of Goma. […]
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South African National Defence Force personnel take part in a military training exercise on Nov 22, 2024 File Photo -SANDF X (Twitter) Wed 29 January 2025: President Cyril Ramaphosa has addressed growing speculation about the conditions faced by South African troops deployed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), calling on the nation to […]
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Inkathazo’s glowing plasma jets are shown in red and yellow. The starlight from other surrounding galaxies can be seen in the background. K.K.L Charlton (UCT), MeerKAT, HSC, CARTA, IDIA, CC BY Wed 29 January 2025: You may not know it, but right now there’s a huge cosmic rave party happening far, far above our heads. The […]
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Wed 29 January 2025: Isolated from much of Judaism for centuries and now discriminated against in Israel today. This is the story of an ancient Jewish community commonly known as Falasha Jews – primarily from Ethiopia – and the secret, politically controversial smuggling operations that brought them from Sudan to Israel in the 1980s. In […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has dismissed claims circulating on social media that its forces surrendered to M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The SANDF said these allegations are misleading and untrue. In a statement on Tuesday, the SANDF clarified the misrepresentation of events circulating in […]
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Tue 28 January 2025: After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has only intensified. The Rwanda-backed M23 rebellion – which claims to control the main eastern DRC city of Goma since January 26 – has been at the centre of attention in recent years. However, eastern DRC is home to […]
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Mon 27 January 2025: World – Nine South African National Defence Force (SANDF) soldiers were killed last week during intense clashes with M23 rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In addition to the fatalities, several soldiers were injured, with varying degrees of severity, during the intense fighting. The Department of Defence stated that […]
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