# Kenya’s Health Ministry has confirmed the country’s first imported case of Ebola. Health minister Aden Duale says a Kenyan citizen who had been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo for seven years travelled by road to Kampala before flying to Nairobi, on Saturday and died last night. He says authorities are tracing 28 […]
# The crew of a merchant ship is missing after it sank in the Black Sea off NATO-member Bulgaria following a drone strike. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev says two commercial vessels were attacked about 112 kilometres off the coast. The crew of a second ship carrying grain was rescued, with two people injured. The […]
# Australië se opposisiekoalisie van die Liberale en die Nasionale Party beloof die grootste vermindering in immigrasie in die land se geskiedenis indien hulle aan bewind kom. Opposisieleier Angus Taylor sê netto-migrasie sal die eerste twee jaar tot 100-duisend per jaar verlaag word en teen die vierde jaar tot 160-duisend styg. Tydelike visums sal oor […]
# Die vakbond Solidariteit het ‘n skikkingsvoorstel oor Suid-Afrika se rasgebaseerde beleide aan die Suid-Afrikaanse en die Amerikaanse regering voorgelê om die land se voordele ingevolge die Wet op Groei en Geleenthede in Afrika te beskerm. Woordvoerder Theuns du Buisson sê die Withuis heroorweeg Suid-Afrika se deelname en hy verwag ‘n aankondiging teen 1 November. […]
# Frankryk maak gereed vir ‘n landwye dag van leerderbetogings nadat meer as vyf-duisend mense verlede week in hegtenis geneem is. Tot 500 hoërskole is heeltemal of gedeeltelik gesluit. Die onrus het begin weens ‘n tekort aan onderwysers, oorvol klaskamers en vervalle skoolgeboue. Meer as 170 leerders en 78 onderwysers is beseer. Die onrus het […]
# Australia’s opposition Liberal-National Coalition has promised the biggest cut to immigration in the country’s history if it wins government. Opposition Leader Angus Taylor says the plan would reduce net overseas migration to 100-thousand a year for the first two years, before rising to 160-thousand in the fourth year. Temporary visas would be cut by […]
# Trade union Solidarity submitted a settlement proposal to the South African and American governments on South Africa’s race-based policies, as part of efforts to retain African Growth and Opportunity Act benefits. Solidarity’s Theuns du Buisson says the White House is reconsidering South Africa’s participation, with an announcement expected by 1 November. He proposes phasing […]
# President Cyril Ramaphosa sê sy besoek aan Egipte het die bilaterale bande verder verstewig. Hy het die uitkomste van die agtste halfjaarlikse werksvergadering van die Afrika-unie uitgelig, sowel as sy gesprekke met president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi oor die verdieping van betrekkinge tussen die twee lande. Ramaphosa sê sy besoek aan antieke erfenisterreine, insluitend die […]
# France is bracing for a nationwide day of learner protests after more than five-thousand people were arrested during clashes last week. Up to 500 high schools have been fully or partly closed amid the unrest, which began over teacher shortages, overcrowded classrooms and deteriorating school buildings. More than 170 learners and 78 teachers have […]
