# Two global food monitors say areas of southern Somalia are at risk of famine, with one district reaching a level of hunger not seen in the country since 2022. One of the world’s most food-insecure nations because of frequent drought, conflict and poverty, Somalia last experienced famine in 2011, when around 250-thousand people died, […]
# Africa’s top health agency has declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern Ituri province. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said around 246 cases and 65 deaths have been reported, mainly in the gold-mining towns of Mongwalu and Rwampara. The centre is convening a meeting neighbouring countries and […]
# Rugby: SA Rugby sê daar is geen planne om te bie vir 2035 se Wêreldbekertoernooi nie, ondanks die kommentaar van die minister van Sport, Gayton McKenzie. Hy het dié week gesê hy sal nie rus voor Suid-Afrika die toernooi weer aanbied nie nadat die Springbokke die tuistoernooi in 1995 gewen het. Maar SA Rugby […]
# AfriForum sê die Nasionale Direkteur van Openbare Vervolging, Andy Mothibi, moet duidelikheid verskaf rondom die huidige status van pogings om die Gupta-broers uit die Verenigde Arabiese Emirate te laat uitlewer. Die Ondersoekdirektoraat Teen Korrupsie het verlede jaar verklaar hy sal ‘n nuwe aansoek indien vir die uitlewering van Rajesh en Atul Gupta, wat verdink […]
# Rugby: The local governing body says there are no plans to bid for 2035’s World Cup, despite the comments from minister of Sport Gayton McKenzie. He said this week he wouldn’t rest after South Africa hosts the tournament again after the Springboks won the home tournament in 1995. But SA Rugby’s president, Mark Alexander, […]
# AfriForum says National Director for Public Prosecutions, Andy Mothibi, must provide clarity regarding the current status of efforts to extradite the Gupta brothers from the United Arab Emirates. Last year, the Investigating Directorate Against Corruption stated it would submit a fresh application for the extradition of Rajesh and Atul Gupta, suspected of involvement in […]
# Skepe van die Global Sumud-flottielje het ‘n derde keer vanaf die suide van Turkye gevaar nadat Israel vroeëre pogings om hulp aan Gaza te lewer, in internasionale water onderskep het. Die flottielje het op 12 April uit Spanje gevaar, maar Israelse magte het vaartuie onderskep, meer as 100 pro-Palestynse aktiviste na Kreta geneem en […]
# Die Amerikaanse Huis van Verteenwoordigers waar die Republikeine die meerderheid het, het ‘n Demokraties-geleide mosie verwerp om president Donald Trump te verhoed om militêr teen Iran op te tree sonder goedkeuring van die Kongres. Die uitslag was gelyk met 212 stemme elk, en het misluk want ‘n meerderheid word benodig om te slaag. Dit […]
# Ships from the Global Sumud Flotilla set sail for a third time yesterday from southern Turkey, after earlier attempts to deliver aid to Gaza were intercepted by Israel in international waters. The flotilla had previously departed from Spain on April 12, but Israeli forces intercepted vessels in the group, taking more than 100 pro-Palestinian […]
