# Hurricane Melissa has now killed at least 49 people, although that figure is expected to rise as search and rescue operations continue in the northern Caribbean. Authorities in Haiti reported at least 30 deaths and 20 missing. Melissa made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday as a Category 5 hurricane. It did not hit the […]
# Hundreds of demonstrators have squared off with police in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam for a third day of protests, following a disputed and chaotic election, to demand the national electoral body stop announcing electoral results. The latest developments on Friday came as the government has deployed the military onto the streets and […]
# The workers’ union GIWUSA has condemned the ongoing genocide and massacres by the Rapid Support Forces against the people of Sudan. GIWUSA president, Mametlwe Sebei, says the recent capture of El-Fasher has unleashed a new wave of atrocities, including executions, arbitrary arrests, and ethnically motivated killings that have been documented by local medical groups […]
# eSport: Die Suid-Afrikaanse Sokkervereniging se nasionale Rocket League-span het gekwalifiseer vir die FIFAe Wêreldbeker, nadat hulle die Afrika-streekskwalifiseringsronde oorheers het. Die groep van ses het 13 nasies geklop, insluitend Seychelle en Egipte, voordat hulle teen Marokko as naaswenners uit die stryd getree het. SAFA se uitvoerende hoof, Lydia Monyepao sê die sukses van Rocket […]
# eSport: The South African Football Association’s gaming national Rocket League team has qualified for the FIFAe World Cup, after dominating the African regional qualifiers. The six-member squad outclassed 13 nations, defeating Seychelles and Egypt before finishing runners-up to Morocco. SAFA CEO, Lydia Monyepao, says that with the success of Rocket League, they are looking […]
# Die sekretaris-generaal van die Verenigde Nasies, António Guterres, sê klimaats-uitwerking neem toe en tog hou aanpassings-finansiering nie tred hiermee nie en word die wêreld se kwesbaarstes onbeskermd gelaat. Volgens ‘n verslag van die VN se Omgewingsprogram sal aanpassings-finansiering in ontwikkelende lande teen 2035 tot 12 keer meer wees as die huidige openbare vloei daarvan. […]
# The United Nations’ secretary general, António Guterres, says climate impacts are accelerating, yet adaptation finance is not keeping pace, leaving the world’s most vulnerable exposed. According to the UN Environment Programme’s new report, by 2035, adaptation finance needs in developing countries will be 12 times as much as current international public adaptation finance flows. […]
# President Donald Trump van Amerika se administrasie word gekritiseer oor sy besluit om die getal vlugtelinge na die land tot sewe-duisend-500 per jaar te beperk. Dié syfer was verlede jaar 125-duisend onder oudpresident Joe Biden. Trump sê wit Afrikaners uit Suid-Afrika en ander slagoffers van onwettige en onregverdige diskriminasie sal voorkeur kry. Die Internasionale […]
# US president Donald Trump’s administration has been criticised for its decision to significantly cut the number of refugees admitted to the US every year to seven-thousand-500. Last year’s ceiling set under former president Joe Biden’s administration was 125-thousand. Trump says priority will be given to white Afrikaners from South Africa and other victims of illegal […]
