# US negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner will visit Russia and Ukraine this weekend, as efforts to end the war appear to be gathering pace. Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed he will meet the envoys tomorrow, after they visit Moscow today to hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Witkoff and Kushner have led […]
# Minstens 37 mense is dood weens giftige dampe terwyl hulle na bewering petrol uit ‘n pyplyn in Nigerië se Rivers-staat gesteel het. ‘n Omgewingsgroep het aan die BBC gesê baie word steeds vermis nadat meer as 100 mense in bootjies op die Okari-pier in Okrika toegesak het om die brandstof in die donker te […]
# At least 37 people have died after inhaling toxic fumes while allegedly stealing petrol from a pipeline in Nigeria’s Rivers State. An environmental group told the BBC many are still missing after more than 100 people descended on the Okari Jetty in Okrika in small boats to collect the refined fuel under cover of […]
# ‘n Russiese hommeltuig het gister die hoofkwartier van Oekraïne se SBU-veligheidsdiens in Kiëf getref, een van die mees prominente teikens sedert Rusland sy lugaanvalle op Oekraïne verskerp het. Minstens 12 mense is in die aanval beseer. Dit kom te midde van twee Amerikaanse vredesonderhandelaars se beplande besoek môre aan Kiëf. President Volodymyr Zelensky het […]
# A Russian drone hit the headquarters of Ukraine’s SBU security service in Kyiv yesterday, one of the most high-profile targets struck during the war, as Russia intensified its campaign of air strikes against Ukraine. At least 12 people were injured in the attack. This comes as two US peace negotiators were planning to visit […]
# Frankryk het meer as 18,5-miljard-rand beskikbaar gestel aan boere wat dié somer deur rekordhittegolwe en droogte getref is. Die regering sê die hulppakket is om te vergoed vir verliese aan gewasse en vee en sal boere ondersteun om produksie te hervat. Sowat 9,7-miljard-rand sal dringend uitbetaal word vir weerskade en 4,4-miljard-rand om boere te […]
# Families in die noordweste van Nigerië sê hulle het byna twee weke ná ‘n aanval waartydens honderde mense ontvoer is, nog geen woord van die ontvoerders ontvang nie. Inwoners sê sowat 600 mense, hoofsaaklik vroue, kinders en bejaardes, is op 22 Augustus uit drie gemeenskappe in die staat Niger ontvoer, terwyl minstens 40 mense […]
# France is providing more than 18.5-billion-rand to farmers hit by record heatwaves and drought this summer. The government says the package will help cover crop and livestock losses and support farms in restarting production. Around 9.7-billion-rand will be paid out urgently for weather-related damage, while another 4.4-billion-rand will help farmers buy seeds and animal […]
# Families in northwestern Nigeria say they have heard nothing from kidnappers nearly two weeks after hundreds of people were abducted in a coordinated raid. Residents say about 600 people, mostly women, children and older people, were seized from three communities in Niger State on 22 August, while at least 40 people were killed. President […]
