Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least nine people and abducted as many as 40 others in south-east Niger, according to local officials. The gunmen late on Sunday attacked a village in Kablewa town near the southeastern Niger city of Diffa, close to the border with Nigeria, authorities said[…]
Informally housed residents in Hout Bay have once again taken to the streets to have their demands heard. Over the weekend, angry protestors began protest action, resulting in the closure of Victoria Road between the circle and Hout Bay Main Road. Chapman’s Peak Drive was also closed and MyCity and[…]
A fire tore through a camp for Syrian refugees in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley on Sunday, killing at least one person and leaving two in critical condition, the U.N. refugees’ organization said. Flames and thick clouds of black smoke rose from the site near the town of Qab Elias, around a[…]
Saudi Arabia and three allies boycotting Qatar have agreed to a request by Kuwait to extend by 48 hours Sunday’s deadline for Doha to comply with a set of demands, according to a joint statement on Saudi state news agency SPA. Kuwait had received a response by Qatar to a[…]
Former Finance Minister, Nhlanhla Nene will begin serving as the Interim Director of the Wits Business School on Monday. Nene will lead the prestigious business school until a new Head of School is appointed next year. Wits Vice-Chancellor, Adam Habib says once a new Head of School is appointed, Nene[…]
An al-Qaeda-linked group in Mali has released a proof-of-life video showing six foreign hostages, including a South African man, shortly before French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in the country for an anti-terror summit, a group that monitors jihadist communications says. The recently formed Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen issued the video[…]
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