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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Wed 11 December 2024: Spaza shop owners and food-handling facilities have until the end of the week to register their businesses for a traders’ permit, in a bid to address the recurring foodborne illnesses that have claimed the lives of people, including children, across the country. Spaza shop owners and vendors have been given […]
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Wed 11 December 2024: An Egyptian-Dominican archaeological mission uncovered a collection of artifacts at the Taposiris Magna temple complex west of Alexandria, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Sunday. The finds, which include statues, coins, and pottery, shed new light on the history of the site during the late Ptolemaic period, the […]
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Tue 10 December 2024: South Africa has set the agenda for its Group of Twenty (G20) Presidency with the commencement of the first engagement of the more than 130 meetings that will precede the G20 Summit in 2025. The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, officially opened the first G20 Sherpas Meeting in […]
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