# Rescue teams are searching for survivors after a powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck Indonesia’s island of Flores, killing at least 51 people. The quake struck early on Saturday and was followed by dozens of aftershocks. Hundreds of buildings have been badly damaged, with Manggarai among the worst-affected areas. Indonesia’s disaster agency says aid is being […]
# North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have reaffirmed their close ties in messages marking Korea’s Liberation Day. The two leaders exchanged messages on the 81st anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. Their latest communication comes as North Korea and Russia have strengthened political and military […]
# Solidarity has welcomed the US Senate’s approval of a two-year extension of the African Growth and Opportunity Act until the end of December 2028. Solidarity spokesperson, Jaco Kleynhans says although it still needs to be approved by the House of Representatives and subsequently signed by the US president, no immediate obstacles are anticipated. Howevr, […]
# Solidariteit verwelkom die Amerikaanse Senaat se goedkeuring van ‘n twee-jaar verlenging van die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika, tot einde Desember 2028. Solidariteit se woordvoerder, Jaco Kleynhans, sê dit moet nog deur die Huis van Verteenwoordigers goedgekeur en daarna deur die Amerikaanse president onderteken word, maar geen onmiddellike struikelblokke word voorsien nie. […]
# The African Unite Borders Bus Trucks Association is calling on African leaders to intervene into the Lake Kariba ferry tragedy in Zimbabwe. Forty-four people died when an overloaded ferry capsized near Long Island on Tuesday, with many people still missing . The association chairperson, Mukhwathi Phumudzo says it was an old boat and African […]
# Die minister van Internasionale Betrekkinge en Samewerking, Ronald Lamola, het die Suider-Afrikaanse Ontwikkelingsgemeenskap gevra om die stryd teen honger te versterk. Die minister het in sy afsluitingsrede tydens die vergadering van die SAOG-ministersraad in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, die vordering geloof wat Tanzanië, Zambië, Zimbabwe en Namibië gemaak het in hul pogings om honger te bekamp. […]
# Minstens 20 mense is dood en verskeie beseer in ‘n kragtige aardbewing van 7,7 in die ooste van Indonesië. Die aardbewing het talle naskokke en klein tsoenami-golwe veroorsaak. ‘n Tydelike tsoenamiwaarskuwing is later opgehef. Reddingswerkers het 20 liggame in Maumere op Flores-eiland gevind, terwyl twee mense steeds onder puin vasgekeer is . Ongeveer twee-duisend […]
# Japan se minister van Verdediging, Shinjiro Koizumi, het die omstrede Yasukuni-heiligdom besoek ter herdenking van Japan se oorgawe in die Tweede Wêreldoorlog. Die heiligdom bring hulde aan sowat 2,5-miljoen Japannese wat in die oorlog dood is, insluitend 14 leiers wat skuldig bevind is aan ernstige oorlogsmisdade. China en Suid-Korea sê hierdie besoeke verbloem Japan […]
# International Relations and Cooperation minister, Ronald Lamola has called on the Southern African Development Community region to strengthen the fight against hunger. While delivered closing remarks during the meeting of SADC Council of Ministers in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, the minister commended the progress made by Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Namibia in pushing back the frontiers […]
