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Thu, 04 Nov 2021 09:45:54 +0000
News24.com | MTN to sell R3.7 billion stake in Nigerian unit
The move is part of a broader plan to sell about 14% of the parent company’s holding in its largest and most profitable unit.

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 17:52:56 +0000
News24.com | EU begins military training against Mozambique insurgency
The European Union on Wednesday launched a military training mission in Mozambique to help local troops fight a jihadist insurgency in its gas-rich north.

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 11:29:43 +0000
News24.com | Nigeria races to find survivors as 22 die in building collapse
Rescuers in Nigeria on Wednesday raced to find survivors, two days after a high-rise building under construction collapsed and trapped scores of people in the commercial capital Lagos, as the death toll rose to 22, an emergency official said.

Fri, 13 Aug 2021 12:36:38 +0000
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Wed, 03 Nov 2021 09:35:27 +0000
News24.com | Sinkholes on receding Dead Sea shore mark 'nature's revenge'
In the heyday of the Ein Gedi spa in the 1960s, holidaymakers could marinate in heated pools and then slip into the briny Dead Sea. Now the same beach is punctured by craters.

Wed, 03 Nov 2021 08:59:04 +0000
News24.com | UN, Ethiopia rights commission to release report on abuses in Tigray
A report on abuses committed during war in Ethiopia's northern Tigray region will be published on Wednesday, but a spokesperson for the party controlling Tigray said investigators did not visit many sites where violence occurred.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 19:20:35 +0000
News24.com | Death toll rises to 15 after Lagos high-rise collapse
Nigerian rescue crews dug for more survivors in the rubble of a collapsed Lagos high-rise building, a day after the disaster killed at least 15 people and left many more trapped inside.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 19:14:21 +0000
News24.com | Ramaphosa, King Mswati agree that SADC will 'work closely' with Eswatini govt on national dialogue
President Cyril Ramaphosa and King Mswati III have agreed that the SADC Secretariat will work closely with the Eswatini government to draft terms of reference for a national dialogue forum.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 11:32:51 +0000
News24.com | UN accuses Congo army of beating human rights defender to death
The United Nations on Monday accused Democratic Republic of Congo's army of beating to death a human rights activist protesting illegal taxes in the war-torn east of the country.

Tue, 02 Nov 2021 10:18:12 +0000
News24.com | WATCH | Six die, scores feared missing in Nigeria after collapse of high-rise
At least six people have died in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos after the collapse of a high-rise building that was under construction, the state emergency services chief said on Tuesday.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 20:09:29 +0000
News24.com | Zimbabwe approves Sinovac shots for older teenagers
Zimbabwe's health ministry has approved the use of China's Sinovac Biotech Covid-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds, it said , adding that the country aimed to achieve herd immunity by the end of December.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 18:29:46 +0000
News24.com | Several workers trapped under collapsed high-rise in Nigeria - witnesses
A high-rise building under construction in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos collapsed on Monday, trapping several workers under a pile of concrete rubble, witnesses said.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 16:29:34 +0000
News24.com | Kenya reopens case into murdered woman seen with British soldier
Kenyan police announced they were reopening a case into the 2012 murder of a young mother last seen with a British soldier from a nearby military base.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 12:04:59 +0000
News24.com | Namibia suspends poultry from Germany, Netherlands after bird flu outbreak
Namibia suspended imports of live poultry, birds and poultry products from Germany and the Netherlands on Monday after outbreaks of the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu in the European countries.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 11:39:00 +0000
News24.com | Central African opposition parties reject national dialogue plans
The main Central African Republic opposition parties have rejected national dialogue plans announced by President Faustin Archange Touadera as he attempts to end eight years of conflict.

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 09:54:35 +0000
News24.com | Sudanese anti-coup protesters barricade streets
Sudanese anti-coup protesters on Sunday manned barricades in Khartoum a day after a deadly crackdown on mass rallies, as a defiant civil disobedience campaign against the military takeover entered its seventh day.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 20:31:00 +0000
News24.com | Five Burkina police killed in fresh attack near Mali
At least five police officers were killed in Burkina Faso on Sunday in an attack near the border with Mali, security forces have said.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 18:24:57 +0000
News24.com | Algeria regrets 'biased' UN text on Western Sahara
Algeria on Sunday expressed "profound regret" at what it called an unbalanced UN Security Council resolution calling on all sides to resume talks toward a solution in disputed Western Sahara.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 16:29:43 +0000
News24.com | UN warns Libya must not split presidential and parliamentary polls
The UN mission in Libya has urged leaders to stick to the December 24 timeline for presidential and legislative polls it hopes will help stabilise the war-battered nation.

Sun, 31 Oct 2021 14:32:29 +0000
News24.com | New battle for strategic Ethiopian city
Ethiopian forces have mounted a fresh battle for the strategic northern city of Dessie, residents said on Sunday, hours after Tigrayan rebels claimed to have taken control of it.



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