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Editor 16 June 2025 No Comment

A hillside of white crosses fuels a misleading story about South Africa’s farm killings

By Associated Press MOKOPANE, South Africa: The white crosses are staked in the ground on an otherwise barren hillside on

A view of homes submerged in floodwater, in Mthatha, South Africa

Editor 15 June 2025 No Comment

Rescuers still pulling bodies out of the water as death toll in South Africa floods

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: The death toll in floods in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province has risen to 86, the

Then-CEO Tidjane Thiam attends the annual general meeting 2019 of the Credit Suisse (CS) bank in Zurich, Switzerland

Editor 15 June 2025 No Comment

Thousands protest in Ivory Coast after opposition leader barred from presidential race

By Associated Press ABIDJAN: Thousands of protesters gathered in Ivory Coast ‘s capital Abidjan on Saturday to demand the reinstatement on

Smoke rises up after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Friday, June 13

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Israel attacks Iran’s nuclear and missile sites and kills top military officials

By Associated Press DUBAI: Israel attacked Iran’s capital early Friday in strikes that targeted the country’s nuclear program and killed at

A relative reacts as bodies of her sister and three daughters were retrieved from inside a one room house, after floods swept through the area in Mthatha, South Africa

Editor 13 June 2025 No Comment

At least 78 dead in South Africa floods as official says rescue attempts were ‘paralyzed’

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: The death toll in floods in one of South Africa’s poorest provinces rose to at least

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Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu has died at 68

By Associated Press LUSAKA: Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who served as the leader of the southern African nation from

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Ivory Coast’s final electoral list excludes opposition leader Thiam

By Associated Press ABIDJAN: Ivory Coast ‘s main opposition leader Tidjane Thiam, a former CEO of Credit Suisse, has been excluded

Editor 5 June 2025 No Comment

Trump announces travel ban and restrictions on 19 countries set to go into effect Monday

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Wednesday resurrected a hallmark policy of his first term, announcing that citizens of

Editor 30 May 2025 No Comment

Former Congolese leader Kabila meets with religious leaders in rebel-controlled city

By Associated Press GOMA: Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, who is accused by the government of supporting Rwanda-backed rebels in the country’s

President Cyril Ramaphosa with President Donald Trump

Editor 22 May 2025 No Comment

‘Into the mouth of Trump hell’? South African president says White House meeting wasn’t so

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: The sentiment in South Africa ahead of its leader’s meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House