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Two Brazilian nuns go viral for beatboxing and dancing live on TV/in /by
Two Brazilian nuns have gone viral after delivering an unexpected beatbox and dance performance during a Catholic television program.
Namibia: how did the Herero and Nama genocide happen?/in /by
On Wednesday, Namibia commemorates for the first time the mass killings of Herero and Nama people, committed by Germany, at the beginning of the 20th century. The genocide, termed by historians as "the first of the century", led to the deaths of at least 70,000 people.
ECOWAS at 50: Celebrating unity as the region fragments/in /by
Exactly 50 years ago, on May 28, 1975, fifteen West African countries agreed to establish the Economic Community of West African States(ECOWAS).
Chaos erupts as Palestinians pick up aid at a distribution center in Rafah/in /by
Chaos erupted on the second day of aid operations by a new U.S.-backed group in Gaza as desperate Palestinians overwhelmed a center distributing food on Tuesday, breaking through fences.
AfDB downgrades Africa growth outlook but sees signs of resilience/in /by
The African Development Bank has downgraded Africa's growth forecast for the next two years amid what it described as "unprecedented global circumstances" and "seismic shifts in the trade policies of major economies."
South Africa denies watering down Black ownership rules for Musk’s Starlink/in /by
Elon Musk's Starlink telecoms business will not be given special dispensation by South Africa to bypass the country's Black ownership requirements, Communications Minister Solly Malatsi said on Tuesday.
New cholera outbreak in Sudan kills 172 people in a week/in /by
The alarming spike began mid-May and sickened more than 2,500 people over the past week.
South African actor Presley Chweneyagae dies aged 40/in /by
“His passion for empowering the next generation of artists will remain integral to his legacy,”
Amnesty International accuses DR Congo’s M23 rebels of possible war crimes/in /by
In a report published on Tuesday, it claimed the Rwanda-back militants were responsible for killing, torturing, and forcibly disappearing civilian detainees in areas under its control.
South African swims around Martha’s Vineyard to raise awareness of need to protect sharks/in /by
A South African endurance swimmer has become the first person to swim around the island of Martha's Vineyard on America's East Coast. Ocean advocate Lewis Pugh started out on May 15 and spent several hours in the water each day before completing the 100 kilometre circuit on Monday.