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Australia runs training exercise for infectious disease response

Australia runs training exercise for infectious disease response

Escalating crisis in Sudan: Military chief visits displacement camp amid rising atrocities

Tens of thousands of Sudanese have fled to overcrowded camps to escape reported atrocities by the Rapid Support Forces since it captured el-Fasher in the western Darfur region, an aid group said Saturday.

Tanzania: Hundreds charged with treason in election fallout

Authorities in Tanzania have charged hundreds of people with treason over demonstrations around disputed polls last month, in a major escalation of political tension as the country reels from violence in which an unknown number of people were killed.

Trash to treasure: Johannesburg’s river waste transformed into art

Waste cleared from a Johannesburg river is being transformed into art as part of a new river rejuvenation project. About 150 kilometres of the South African city's rivers are being rehabilitated, and along one three kilometre stretch, waste is being up...

Rugby: South Africa overcomes red card and halftime deficit to beat France

World champion South Africa overcame a red card and a halftime deficit to beat France 32-17 and hand Les Tricolores yet another stinging defeat.

Hurricane Melissa leaves Haitian community of Petit-Goâve struggling to recover

More than a week after Hurricane Melissa struck Haiti, residents of Petit-Goâve are still struggling to rebuild after losing lives and property.

Battling Galamsey: Community efforts against illegal mining in Ghana

Galamsey, the rampant mining that is practiced around the country, has wreaked havoc on the river, contaminating significant portions with cyanide and mercury.

WFP highlights severe hunger Crisis in Eastern Democratic Republic

The UN World Food Programme (WFP) issued a dire warning on Thursday, revealing that three million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo now face emergency levels of hunger, a figure that has nearly doubled in the past year amid relentl...

Pope Leo XIV hosts South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at Vatican

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was received by Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Saturday, a diplomatic engagement emphasizing cultural exchange and mutual understanding that stood in stark contrast to a brewing political storm following the Unit...

UNHCR urges global community to support Sudanese refugees in Chad

The UN’s refugee agency has issued an urgent call for greater international assistance as thousands of people, bearing accounts of renewed trauma and violence, continue to stream out of Sudan’s Darfur region into an overstretched Chad.