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The Red Cross Society of China has decided to provide the Malawi Red Cross Society and the Mozambique Red Cross Society with $100,000 and $50,000 in cash, respectively, as emergency humanitarian assistance. The two African countries sustained heavy casualties and losses during deadly Cyclone Freddy, which has killed 507 people in Malawi and dozens in […]
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KIGALI. – The Rwandan Ministry of Infrastructure has launched the construction of new homes meant to accommodate migrants deported from the United Kingdom.
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LILONGWE. – Over a week after Tropical Storm Freddy’s second and more devastating landfall in Malawi and Mozambique and nearly a month since it battered Madagascar, the effects are still being felt as locals, officials and aid workers continue to uncover the full extent of the cyclone’s destruction.
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NAIROBI. – Kenya’s deputy president has tried to take a radical step to reduce alcohol abuse in the country’s central region by saying that county governments should only allow one pub per town, but not everyone is convinced that this is a good plan.
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The Malawian embassy in Zimbabwe said yesterday donations have started pouring in for emergency assistance for victims of Tropical Storm Freddy, which killed more than 200 people and left thousands homeless in that country. In an interview with New Ziana, chair of the appeal committee at the embassy Major General Elias Mpaso said people started […]
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Pretoria. — An estranged wife who was separated from her husband for eight years failed to convince the court that she was the rightful beneficiary to half of an over R1 million pension fund that was to be paid out after her husband died. The two were married in community of property but were estranged […]
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ACCRA — Hundreds of people gathered in Ghana yesterday to pay their respects to former Premier League footballer Christian Atsu who was killed in the devastating earthquake in Turkey last month. Gathering outside the State House in Ghana’s capital Accra, family, friends, government representatives, the nation’s president, and former teammates all joined to remember Atsu. […]
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China Media Group (CMG) Africa on Friday held a forum entitled “Opportunities Arising from Chinese-style Modernization” in Nairobi, Kenya. The forum brought together African and Chinese scholars to share their insight on the development of China-Africa relations. The guests interacted with students from the University of Nairobi on topics such as China’s unique path to […]
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KAMPALA. —The son of Uganda’s ageing leader, Yoweri Museveni, has said he intends to stand for the presidency in 2026, the first time the outspoken army general has given a timeline for replacing his father, who has ruled the East African country for 37 years. “You have wanted me to say it forever! Okay, in […]
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LILONGWE. – The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy has passed 300 as the body count continues to rise, with authorities in Mozambique and Malawi taking several days to assess the extent of the damage and loss of life. The storm tore through Southern Africa over the weekend for a second time after first making […]
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China Media Group (CMG) Africa on Thursday hosted a workshop under the theme “Opportunities Arising From Chinese-style Modernization” in Johannesburg, South Africa. The event brought dozens of South African and Chinese scholars and political representatives to share their visions on the development of China-Africa relations. Their discussions focused on the alignment of China’s unique path […]
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NAIROBI. — The World Food Programme (WFP) yesterday committed 7 billion shillings (about 54 million US dollars) as relief assistance to help some 940,300 people facing severe drought in ten counties in Kenya.
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Tropical Cyclone Freddy hit the coast of Southern Africa for a second time over the weekend, bringing its total death toll to more than 220 people in Malawi, Mozambique and Madagascar.
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The South African Labour Appeal Court has ordered striking state healthcare workers to end a weeklong walkout that has affected services in some of the country’s big hospitals, the health department said.
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Zvamaida Murwira in Midrand, South Africa All the conflicts and wars haunting the African continent including sanction-induced challenges in Zimbabwe are foreign-sponsored by powerful Western capitals bent on exploiting natural resources endowed in the continent, an African Union Human Rights expert has said. He said Africa was saddled with several conflicts and wars that include […]
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