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Tim Walz becomes running mate alongside Kamala Harris

By Rachel Mohamed The Democratic Party’s Vice President Kamala Harris is running for the presidency against the duo of Former President of the Republican Party Donald Trump and United States Senator J.D. Vance. Harris has recently picked Minnesota Governor Tim Walz announcing him as the second-in-command vice president for the upcoming US elections in November. The nominees were out in full swing in Philadelphia for its first rally campaigning under […]

8 August 2024

International

World Cup 2022: Football fever grips Asian and African expats

INTERNATIONAL It was a hot night in the Eritrean capital Asmara. The sun had set, but the air was still warm. Cafes, restaurants and cinemas were teeming with people, but instead of the raucous atmosphere that had defined most World Cup matches until this point, there was a hushed silence. The tension was palpable. Eritreans had been waiting for a night like this for decades. Seconds felt like hours and minutes like days. […]

20 November 2022

Local

Human trafficking march raises awareness in Durban

LOCAL Despite efforts by African states to curb this illegal practice, many gaps still enable trafficking and smuggling criminal networks to carry out this trade in human beings The Deputy Minister of Justice John Jeffrey says it’s mainly men who are victims of human trafficking in Africa. Jeffrey was part of a peaceful march along the Durban promenade alongside the organisation ‘Abolishing All Injustices in the 21st Century to raise […]

16 October 2022

Local

Celebrate ‘queens of Africa’ when they return to SA, sports committee urges

The historic win by Banyana Banyana, who beat Morocco in the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (Wafcon) final before a packed stadium in Rabat on Saturday, healed the ache of losing the 2018 final to Nigeria. That’s according to Beauty Dlulane, chairperson of the parliamentary portfolio committee on sport, arts and culture, who congratulated the SA women's football team after being crowned “queens” of the continent at the Wafcon. The […]

24 July 2022

International

Women diplomats take lead in Turkiye’s relations with Africa

Turkiye's women diplomats have played an important role in building political, economic and cultural relations with African countries in the last 20 years, Anadolu News Agency reports. Turkiye has been strengthening its diplomatic relations with Africa and is now among the countries with the highest number of diplomatic representations on the continent. Women diplomats are at the forefront in 15 of the 43 embassies opened in Africa, including those in Ethiopia, Sierra […]

8 March 2022

International

2021, the year military coups returned to the stage in Africa

International Surrounded by soldiers and with Guinea’s flag draped around his shoulders, Colonel Mamady Doumbouya appeared on state television hours after leading a coup in September. "Guinea is beautiful,” he told his co-patriots, using a crude analogy to describe what would be his vision for the future of his country. “We no longer need to rape her. We need to make love to her, that’s all.” Doumbouya’s elite Special Forces had earlier […]

28 December 2021

Local

Tackling HIV/AIDS in Africa 40 years later

For the first time since 2003, the number of new HIV infections among children has not fallen year-on-year, and in sub-Saharan Africa, new cases have risen slightly. This detail is contained in data accompanying a new report released by UNAIDS. It shows that globally, 160 000 children aged zero to 14, newly acquired HIV in 2020, the same number as in 2019. In sub-Saharan Africa, 130 thousand new infections were […]

5 June 2021

Local

Macron says France will help Africa make more COVID-19 vaccines locally

President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday France would invest in boosting the production of COVID-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between African and Western nations. Speaking at a joint news conference with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in Pretoria, Macron said Africa made up around 20% of the world’s need for vaccines but only 1% of vaccine production. “How do we boost […]

30 May 2021

International News

India’s COVID battle causes vaccine worries in Africa

Africa is watching aghast as India struggles with coronavirus, fearing a long-running shortfall in the Indian-made vaccines that it needs to help protect its people. Often dubbed the “pharmacy of the world”, India is one of the biggest suppliers of the AstraZeneca vaccine under the COVAX programme to help immunisation in poorer countries. But India has been hammered by an explosive growth in infections – accelerated, say scientists, by a […]

11 May 2021

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