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Millions in Beijing urged to work from home to fight Covid outbreak

Beijing – Millions of people in Beijing returned to work Thursday, many remotely, with scores of subway stations shut after... Read more

7 May, 2022

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Pravin Gordhan speaks on loadshedding; Zimbabwe’s grain output likely to drop by nearly 50% | Here are your top headlines

Cape Town – From Pravin Gordhan saying that there is no need to declare a state of disaster for... Read more

7 May, 2022

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UN chief sees African force for Mali with stronger mandate

Bamako – United Nations chief Antonio Guterres said Mali could collapse if a UN peacekeeping mission withdrew, but suggested... Read more

6 May, 2022

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Gabon football chief detained amidst child sex abuse scandal

Libreville – The head of the Gabonese Football Federation (Fegafoot) has been detained after being charged with failing to report... Read more

6 May, 2022

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Top lawyer defrauds client of R1.5 million property deal

Cape Town –Vishal Junkeeparsad, a lawyer in Kwazulu-Natal, is reportedly under investigation by the Legal Practice Council (LPC) for... Read more

6 May, 2022

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Ambushes leave 11 dead in Burkina Faso: army

Ouagadougou – Seven soldiers and four back-up troops have been killed in two ambushes in Burkina Faso’s troubled north,... Read more

6 May, 2022

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Greenpeace urges DR Congo to probe illegal forestry concessions on 6 ex-government ministers

Kinshasa – Greenpeace on Thursday urged a top state prosecutor in the Democratic Republic of Congo to investigate allegations... Read more

6 May, 2022

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Jacobs makes 100m return in stellar Nairobi sprint field

Nairobi – Olympic champion Lamont Marcell Jacobs runs his first 100 since his shock win at the Tokyo Games... Read more

6 May, 2022

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Zimbabwe likely to suffer nearly 50% drop in grain output: government

Harare – Zimbabwe is likely to suffer a nearly 50% decline in corn output this year because of poor... Read more

6 May, 2022

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Libya state-backed militia rejects accusations of killings and torture by Amnesty International report

Tripoli – A powerful government-backed Libyan militia on Thursday rejected accusations of killings, torture and forced labour, insisting it upholds the... Read more

6 May, 2022