Thu 07 August 2025: French Prime Minister François Bayrou called the raging wildfire in southern France’s Aude region a “catastrophe on an unprecedented scale,” tying it directly to climate change and prolonged drought. Visiting the devastated area, where flames have consumed a region larger than Paris, Bayrou highlighted the crisis’s severity. Since Tuesday, the inferno […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: ◼️ Inside Ramaphosa’s call with Trump: “The two leaders undertook to continue with further engagements, recognising the various trade negotiations the US is currently involved in. Respective trade negotiating teams will take forward more detailed discussions,” Ramaphosa spokesperson Vincent Magwenya said. https://www.citizen.co.za/news/south-africa/ramaphosas-call-trump-devastating-tariffs/ ————- ◼️ SA raises concern over arrival of “dangerous […]
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Thu 07 August 2025: 33 Families say the government’s legal manoeuvres are a betrayal of TRC promises and add to their trauma. More than 25 families of apartheid-era victims, supported by the Foundation for Human Rights (FHR), are opposing a government application to delay their constitutional damages case. They argue that the state is deliberately […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: A fresh wave of violence in Mozambique’s northern province displaces over 46 000. A severe escalation of violence in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province has triggered a mass exodus, with tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes in late July following a series of attacks by armed groups. The renewed insurgency […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Critics have denounced the bond scheme as a ‘legalised shakedown’ that profits from vulnerable, lawful travellers. The United States Department of State has announced the first foreign citizens to be subject to bonds of up to $15,000 should they visit the country on tourist visas. On Tuesday, Zambia and Malawi, both African countries, […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Hezbollah has rejected a decision by the Lebanese government directing the army to formulate a plan remove the group’s weapons. “We will deal with this decision as if it doesn’t exist,” Hezbollah said in a statement. The decree, announced by Prime Minister Nawaf Salam after a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, amounted […]
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Image Courtesy : Scroll Wed 06 August 2025: Washington-based advocacy and research group India Hate Lab on Thursday released a new data brief under its Early Warning, Early Response (EWER) initiative on “sharp and deeply concerning” escalation in hate speech, targeted harassment and violence against Bengali-speaking Muslims in Assam state. The briefing said Senior Bharatiya Janata Party […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Egypt has initiated training for hundreds of Palestinians to take on security responsibilities in the Gaza Strip as soon as a ceasefire deal is brokered with Israel, according to a report from Israeli media. An article in the Israeli magazine Epoch detailed Egypt’s comprehensive plan to regain control of Gaza, explaining […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Humanitarian efforts overwhelmed as armed conflict fuels unprecedented attacks on women and children. A catastrophic humanitarian crisis is unfolding in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where armed conflict has led to a surge in sexual violence, with women and children bearing the brunt of the atrocities. Humanitarian organisations on […]
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Wed 06 August 2025: Russian President Vladimir Putin received US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff at the Kremlin on Wednesday, just two days before hitting a deadline for Moscow to reach a ceasefire in Ukraine or face new sanctions The meeting between Putin and Witkoff was announced by the Kremlin in a statement, […]
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