HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | MONDAY – 08 DECEMBER 2025

Mon 08 December 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Sold for R14 million? The shocking claims behind SA’s Russia–Ukraine recruit scandal: “When they got to Russia, they found themselves being contracts written in Russian,” Mahlangu told the SABC. “They couldn’t understand what the contracts entailed until some South Africans, including Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla […]

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SYRIA’S AL-SHARAA PROMISES PEACE AND UNITY IN FACE OF ISRAELI AGGRESSION

Mon 08 December 2025: Syrian president accuses Israel of using pretexts to justify military actions across the region as he commits to holding elections within the next five years. Doha, Qatar – Syria’s President Ahmed al-Sharaa has accused Israel of stoking regional tensions to divert attention from the “horrifying massacres” it has committed in Gaza. Speaking […]

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100 ABDUCTED NIGERIAN KIDS RELEASED AFTER WEEKS IN CAPTIVITY, REPORTS SAY

Mon 08 December 2025: At least 153 students and 12 teachers taken from a Catholic school last month remain in captivity. Nigerian authorities have secured the release of 100 children who were among hundreds kidnapped from a Catholic school in northern Nigeria last month, officials and local media have reported. The 100 children arrived in […]

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VENEZUELA SWEARS IN 5,600 TROOPS AFTER US MILITARY BUILD-UP

Sun 07 December 2025: The Venezuelan army swore in 5,600 soldiers on Saturday, as the United States cranks up military pressure on the oil-producing country. President Nicolas Maduro has called for stepped-up military recruitment after the United States deployed a fleet of warships and the world’s largest aircraft carrier to the Caribbean under the pretext […]

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LOYAL TROOPS IN BENIN SUPPRESS ATTEMPTED COUP, SAYS INTERIOR MINISTER

Sun 07 December 2025: Benin’s Interior Minister, Alassane Seidou, announced that the country’s armed forces successfully foiled an attempted coup d’état in the West African nation. “A small group of soldiers launched a mutiny with the aim of destabilising the country and its institutions,” said Seidou on Sunday. “Faced with this situation, the Beninese Armed […]

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HAMAS TO GIVE UP ARMS TO A PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY ‘IF OCCUPATION ENDS’

Sun 07 December 2025: Hamas said Saturday it was ready to hand over its weapons in the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian authority governing the territory on the condition that the Israeli army’s occupation ends. “Our weapons are linked to the existence of the occupation and the aggression,” Hamas chief negotiator and its Gaza chief Khalil al-Hayya said in a statement, adding: […]

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NEARLY HALF OF EUROPEANS SEE TRUMP AS ‘ENEMY OF EUROPE’

Sun 07 December 2025: A recent survey issued on Thursday revealed that nearly half of the Europeans view US President Donald Trump as an “enemy of Europe,” while the majority consider the risk of an open war with Russia in the coming years to be “high.” According to the France-based Eurobazooka poll, launched by Cluster 17 and […]

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GERMANY FACES BACKLASH: MASSIVE BERLIN PROTEST OVER CONSCRIPTION BILL

Sat 06 December 2025: Politicians approve the controversial conscription law after months of heated debate, amid fears over a potential war with Russia. About 3,000 people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against Germany’s new military service bill, after Bundestag politicians backed the legislation intended to bolster the country’s armed forces. Germany’s […]

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SATELLITE IMAGES REVEAL SUDANESE CITY EL FASHER TURNED INTO ‘SLAUGHTERHOUSE’ BY RSF: REPORT

Sat 06 December 2025: The Sudanese city of El Fasher has been described as a “massive crime scene”, featuring numerous large stacks of corpses scattered across its streets while the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group attempts to conceal the full extent of the killings they committed, the Guardian reported Six weeks after the RSF seized […]

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GUNMEN STORM PRETORIA HOSTEL, KILL 11 INCLUDING TODDLER IN BRUTAL ATTACK

Sat 06 December 2025: Armed attackers stormed a hostel in Pretoria, South Africa, killing at least 11 people—including a three-year-old child—and wounding more than a dozen others. Police said they had launched a “manhunt” for three people and were investigating whether the killings were linked to a bar within the hostel that may have been selling […]

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