# Die verkiesingsgeskil in Zambië het verder verskerp nadat howe gesluit is, op die laaste dag vir die indiening van ‘n hofgeding teen president Hakainde Hichilema se herverkiesing. Regslui in Lusaka is deur gewapende mans by hofgeboue weggewys, met polisieversperrings wat toegang verhoed. Die opposisiekandidaat Brian Mundubile, wat tweede geëindig het in die verkiesing op […]
# Five accused linked to an alleged 600-million-rand drug manufacturing operation in Musina, Limpopo, have had their case postponed to Friday. The matter was delayed to allow for further investigations and to secure a Spanish-language interpreter. The accused include two Mexican nationals, two Zimbabweans and a Malawian citizen. They were arrested during a Hawks-led operation […]
# Zambia’s election dispute has escalated, with courts across the country sealed off on the final day for filing a legal challenge to president Hakainde Hichilema’s re-election. Lawyers were reportedly turned away from court buildings in Lusaka by armed men, while police tape blocked access. Opposition candidate Brian Mundubile, who came second in the 13 […]
# Four people have been arrested in Kenya as investigators try to establish what killed 18 elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem. The Kenyan Wildlife Service says the animals died between June and last month, with preliminary laboratory tests pointing to possible poisoning. Earlier findings suggested cyanide may have been present in pesticide-contaminated tomatoes eaten by […]
# A fast-moving fire is threatening the US city of Reno in Nevada, with nearly 90-thousand people ordered to evacuate or told to prepare to leave. The Hawk Fire has burned more than four-thousand hectares and remains completely uncontained. Around 42-thousand residents are under mandatory evacuation orders, while another 45-thousand are in a warning zone. […]
# Noorweë se minister van Energie, Terje Aasland, sê die land sal voortgaan om sy olie- en gasbronne in die Barents-see te ontwikkel, ongeag die Europese Unie se steun vir ‘n verbod op verdere olie- en gasontwikkeling in die Arktiese gebied. Noorweë het Europa se grootste verskaffer van aardgas geword ná Rusland se inval in […]
# Suid-Soedan se president, Salva Kiir, is in Suid-Afrika vir ‘n amptelike besoek en sal na verwagting hoëvlak-gesprekke met president Cyril Ramaphosa voer. Ramaphosa is voorsitter van die Afrika-Unie se ad hoc-komitee oor Suid-Soedan. Die gesprekke vind plaas te midde van toenemende kommer oor die uitvoer van Suid-Soedan se hersiene vredesooreenkoms voor die verkiesing later […]
# Norway’s Energy minister, Terje Aasland, says the country will continue developing its oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea regardless of the European Union’s support for a moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon supplies. Norway has become Europe’s largest supplier of natural gas following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, meeting around 30-percent of gas demand […]
# Pous Leo vra internasionale hulp om die uitwerking van ‘n Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo te beperk, wat tot dusver meer as twee-duisend-500 lewens geëis het. Amptenare van die Verenigde Nasies sê die uitbreking versprei vinnig oor ‘n groot gebied in die land. Die pous het op St Petrusplein aan pelgrims gesê […]
