India’s solar mission reaches final destination

India’s solar mission reaches final destination

India's first sun observation mission, Aditya L1, has reached a point in space from where it can watch the sun at all times. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has called this a landmark moment for the country. According to India Today, over 125 days of travel, 15 lakh kilometres covered, and a precision orbit insertion later, the Aditya-L1 mission has been successfully parked at an optimum spot in the vastness of […]

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Africa

Nigerian Air Force eliminates terrorists in Borno State operation

Air Force authorities in Nigeria say they have killed at least 12 terrorists in Borno state, northeast of the country.

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Entertainment

Oppenheimer wins big at the Golden Globe Awards

Oppenheimer was the big winner at the Golden Globe Awards, taking home five awards including the top prize for Best Film. Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr were both recognised for their acting performances, while Christopher Nolan won best director. Meanwhile, Succession scored the most wins in the TV categories following its acclaimed fourth and final season.

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Health / Medical

Global COVID-19 cases increase

The World Health Organisation has revealed that the number of new Coronavirus cases increased by 52 percent during the past four weeks globally with over 850 000 new cases reported. Most infections have been caused by a new strain called JN. 1 which is now under close scrutiny by the UN health agency as a variant of interest. JN. 1 was reportedly first detected in the United States before spreading […]

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APO International

Rice to the rescue: A World Food Programme (WFP) project changes lives and diets in flood-hit South Sudan

It is midday in Halbul, in northern South Sudan, and farmer Nyandeng Noon Agany is visibly exhausted as she walks home in the harsh dry season heat, after spending hours harvesting rice. Noon’s six children are taking shelter from the searing sun under the porch of their home - a simple structure of wooden poles, a thatched roof and papyrus walls - eagerly awaiting their mother’s arrival. “Life was […]

January 8, 2024

World

International Court of Justice to hear South Africa’s plea against Gaza ‘massacre’

The International Court of Justice will begin arguments on South Africa's bid to stop what it calls the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. South Africa’s International Relations Director General, Zane Dangor told Newzroom Africa that institutionalised impunity has allowed a ‘textbook genocide to unfold in Gaza.’Separately, Al Jazeera reports that the United Nations’ humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths says Gaza has become a place of “death and despair” for Palestinians as […]

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Namibia

Ondangwa allocates land to the Namibian Police for Omashaka substation

The Ondangwa Town Council has allocated a portion of land to the Namibian Police Force to construct a substation at Omashaka. Here’s the town’s mayor Paavo Amwele.

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Namibia

Namibia Revenue Agency announces system maintenance

The Namibia Revenue Agency has announced that upcoming system maintenance on 13 January 2024 will affect the Integrated Tax Administration System and ASYCUDAWorld systems. NamRa's Chief of Strategic Communications and Support Engagements, Steven Ndorokaze expands.

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APO International

Nigeria: A Homecoming after Nine Years of Separation

Alhaji Bukar Ali hadn’t seen his family in close to a decade due to armed conflict. Then, a team of Red Cross volunteers in Cameroon and Nigeria helped not just to find his relatives but to reunite them. This is the story of a homecoming. Under hot sun and blue sky, on the airport tarmac of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria, Alhaji Bukar Ali was reunited with his family after nine […]

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