MADAGASCAR PRESIDENT SACKS ENERGY MINISTER AFTER PROTESTS OVER POWER CUTS

Sat 27 September 2025: Madagascar’s president on Friday sacked his energy minister in a bid to calm protests over power cuts and water shortages, which had left wreckage strewn across the capital a day earlier. Police used rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse crowds of mostly young people in Antananarivo on Thursday, in protests President Andry […]

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ISRAEL WOULD “GET A LOT” IF INFLUENCE COULD BE SECURED OVER TIKTOK AND X, SAYS NETANYAHU

Sat 27 September 2025: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted Friday that his government views social media platforms as a “weapon” to support Israel’s right-wing in the US amid condemnation for ongoing Israeli genocide in Gaza. In a meeting with US influencers at Israel’s Consulate General in New York and published in a video on […]

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TRUMP ADMINISTRATION REQUESTS SUPREME COURT DECIDE ON PRESIDENT’S PLAN TO END BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP

Sat 27 September 2025: The US requested Friday that the Supreme Court issue a ruling on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to end automatic birthright citizenship. Two appeals, originating from cases in Washington state and New Hampshire, are expected to definitively decide whether the controversial proposal can proceed, NBC reported. It […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | SATURDAY – 27 SEPTEMBER 2025

Sat 27 September 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Malema wants Cyril Ramaphosa to testify: “We plead that let these names that have been submitted be subjected to consultations. Then we shall be advised. Including the president, the president was mentioned in the committee where the minister said he consulted the president […]

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HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING IN SOUTH AFRICA TODAY | FRIDAY – 26 SEPTEMBER 2025

Fri 26 September 2025: Here’s what’s happening in South Africa today:  ◼️ Israel in Africa: For Israel, Africa provides contracts, votes and legitimacy. For African citizens, it too often means austerity, debt service and surveillance. The mask of aid conceals an extractive logic. Israel’s “return to Africa” looks less like partnership – and more like […]

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NATO ALLIES PLEDGE ROBUST DEFENSE AGAINST RUSSIAN AIR INCURSIONS

Fri 26 September 2025: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged on Thursday that NATO allies will take all necessary measures to counter Russia’s suspected airspace violations and espionage activities. In a press conference held in the central German city of Weimar, Merz accused Russia of conducting systematic NATO airspace violations, provocative overflights, drone incursions, and espionage activities targeting alliance members. […]

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SURVEY SAYS EIGHT OUT OF 10 MUSLIMS EXPERIENCE ‘WIDESPREAD’ HATRED IN FRANCE

Fri 26 September 2025: A new survey revealed the extent of discrimination and racism targeting Muslims in France, with 82 percent of respondents believing that hatred towards them is widespread in the country and 81 percent saying it has increased over the past decade. Conducted by polling company Ifop among a representative sample of a […]

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PENTAGON CHIEF ORDERS HUNDREDS OF GENERALS, ADMIRALS BACK TO US FOR MEETING: REPORT

Fri 26 September 2025: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered hundreds of US Army generals and Navy admirals to gather at a Marine Corps base in Virginia next week for a meeting without providing a specific reason, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The directive was sent to nearly all senior commanders worldwide, according to […]

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MICROSOFT CUTS ISRAELI MILITARY OFF CLOUD SERVICES OVER MASS SURVEILLANCE OF PALESTINIANS

Fri 26 September 2025: Microsoft has cut off an Israeli military intelligence unit from its cloud services after discovering the agency was using the platform to conduct mass surveillance of Palestinians, the tech giant said on Thursday. Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and Vice Chair, said the company opened the review after an investigation by the […]

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DRC SAYS IT ‘WILL NOT BE CONTROLLED BY CHINESE’ AMID OPPOSITION TO ITS COBALT EXPORT QUOTAS

Thu 25 September 2025: Democratic Republic of Congo will stick to its recently announced quota system for cobalt exports, with revisions only possible in the long term if the government sees them as necessary, the country’s mining minister said on Wednesday. The mining minister, Louis Watum Kabamba, told Reuters in an interview on the sidelines […]

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