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Editor 14 February 2025 No Comment

Nigerian lawmakers approve $200 million to offset shortfall from US health aid cuts

By Associated Press ABUJA: Nigerian lawmakers have approved an additional $200 million for the health sector as part of its

Editor 13 February 2025 No Comment

Attorney says opposition figure detained in Uganda for alleged crimes against the state is unwell

By Associated Press KAMPALA: A prominent opposition figure jailed in Uganda for allegedly threatening state security is unwell and in

Editor 12 February 2025 No Comment

110,000 people are stranded in eastern Congo as rebels are accused of forced return

By Associated Press GOMA: Rwanda-backed rebels controlling cities in eastern Congo have forcibly closed settlement camps, leading to the displacement of

Editor 9 February 2025 No Comment

Namibia’s ‘founding father’ Sam Nujoma dies aged 95

By Reuters Nujoma was Namibia’s first democratically elected president Presidency says Namibia’s foundations “have been shaken” Nujoma leaves behind complex

Editor 9 February 2025 No Comment

Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy; Ramaphosa says will

By Reuters WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said

Editor 8 February 2025 No Comment

UN rights body condemns Rwanda and the rebels it backs in neighboring Congo. Violence mounts

By Associated Press GENEVA: The U.N.’s top human rights body on Friday condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the

Editor 5 February 2025 No Comment

South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump’s funding threat

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Donald Trump’s “influential” billionaire adviser Elon Musk a

Editor 5 February 2025 No Comment

USAID workers scramble for answers after Trump pulls almost all of them off the job

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or take children out

Editor 4 February 2025 No Comment

SA: Land grabs will never be allowed, Minister Macpherson assures investors

By IOL Politics SOUTH AFRICA: Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has promised investors that there will be no land

Editor 3 February 2025 No Comment

‘Keep your America, we will keep our South Africa’ – Ramaphosa hits back at Trump

By Agencies SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at Donald Trump, telling the United States leader to “keep