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JOHANNESBURG. – For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people. Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk reservoirs, crumbling […]
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ABUJA. – will from 1 April Nigeria will impose a three-month ban on ministers and other government officials from publicly funded overseas travel, President Bola Tinubu has announced. This is aimed at curbing government spending on foreign trips. This decision comes as a response to Mr Tinubu’s concerns regarding the escalating costs associated with such […]
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DAKAR. — Senegal’s only female presidential candidate may have little to no chance of winning in Sunday’s election, but activists say her presence is helping to advance a decades-long campaign to achieve gender equality in the West African nation. Anta Babacar Ngom, a 40-year-old business executive, is a voice for both women and young people […]
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GENEVA. — The UN weather agency is sounding a “red alert” about global warming, citing record-smashing increases last year in greenhouse gases, land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice, and is warning that the world’s efforts to reverse the trend have been inadequate. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said there is […]
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MOSCOW. – Russia has said it is aware of US intelligence efforts to use commercial satellite operators such as SpaceX and has cautioned that such moves made their satellites legitimate targets. Reuters news agency reported this month that SpaceX is building a network of hundreds of spy satellites under a classified contract with a US […]
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ADDIS ABABA. – The head of Ethiopia’s biggest commercial bank has said that customers who withdrew more money than what was in their accounts because of a glitch cannot “escape” the law. Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) customers this week rushed to take out money, or transfer it to other accounts. It took several hours […]
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LUSAKA. – Joseph Chewe, a barbershop owner in Ng’ombe, a residential area in Lusaka, Zambia, now has to reschedule his business hours under the availability of electricity in the capital city’s staggered power cuts. In his neighbourhood, he said, the power supply is cut off at 5am and resumes around noon. David Bwalya, who lives […]
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Ivan Zhakata Herald Correspondent In another bloody massacre, Israeli warplanes and drones launched gunfire and missiles targeting a crowd of Palestinians who were waiting for delivery of food and humanitarian relief at the Kuwait Roundabout in Gaza, killing 20 and wounding 155 others. The incident happened last Friday and has been condemned globally, including the […]
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LONDON. — Artificial intelligence is supercharging the threat of election disinformation worldwide, making it easy for anyone with a smartphone and a devious imagination to create fake – but convincing – content aimed at fooling voters. It marks a quantum leap from a few years ago, when creating phony photos, videos or audio clips required […]
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NEW YORK. – The US moved a step closer to banning TikTok after the House of Representatives passed a bill on Wednesday calling for the app’s Chinese developer ByteDance to divest from the company or be booted out of US app stores. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act passed with overwhelming bipartisan […]
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MAPUTO. – Four people have died and one person has been injured as Storm Filipo hit southern Mozambique’s Inhambane province, according to the state-owned broadcaster. Roofs have been ripped off schools and residential homes. In the tourist areas of Tofo and Barra, the waves have destroyed several boats. In some areas the roads are inaccessible. […]
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LONDON. – Migrants whose asylum claims are rejected by the United Kingdom will be given £3 000 to move to Rwanda. The UK has already has a plan in place which pays failed asylum seekers to return to their home countries. But the new measure targets those who cannot return to their countries of origin, […]
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NAIROBI. – China, which has been successful feeding its 1.4 billion people and lifting hundreds of millions out of poverty, is expected to play a key role in helping Africa address food insecurity by engaging in intensified bilateral cooperation in agricultural technology and talent cultivation, a Kenyan professor has said. Speaking ahead of China’s annual […]
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Wallace Ruzvidzo Herald Reporter THE United Kingdom’s Home Office has implemented new visa rules that ban overseas care workers and most overseas students from bringing dependant family members to the country. The measures were put in place on Monday, with the UK Home Office saying there was a “disproportionate” situation where 120 000 dependants accompanied […]
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BRUSSELS. – Last month was the world’s warmest February in modern times, the EU’s climate service says, extending the run of monthly records to nine in a row. Each month since June 2023 has seen new temperature highs for the time of year. The world’s sea surface is at its hottest on record, while Antarctic […]