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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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2091 Results / Page 23 of 233

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South Africa

Six firefighters killed in South Africa

    Six firefighters died after being trapped by a runaway wildfire in eastern South Africa, authorities said this afternoon, taking to 14 the number of lives lost in just over a week of blazes in KwaZulu-Natal province. Three female firefighters were killed on Sunday when they became trapped in the fire believed to have been started by poachers around 40 kilometres (24 miles) from the city of Pietermaritzberg, authorities […]

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Africa

Gambia MPs uphold ban on female genital mutilation

      Gambian lawmakers voted this afternoon to uphold a 2015 ban on female genital mutilation, rejecting a controversial bill seeking to overturn the law after months of heated debate and international pressure. Legislators killed the bill by voting against all the proposed amendments to the 2015 text that would have decriminalised the practice. Rights groups and the United Nations had urged MPs to reject the bill, saying it […]

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Somalia cafe attack kills nine during Euro final

      The death toll from a car bombing at a cafe in Somalia's capital Mogadishu that was packed with football fans watching the the Euro 2024 final has risen to nine, security sources said today. Witnesses described scenes of panic and chaos after the powerful blast late Sunday, with people scrambling for safety and the main entrance to the cafe destroyed by the blaze. Mohamed Yusuf, an official […]

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Sport

Argentina’s Copa America victory celebrations marred by violence

      Thousands of people celebrated in Buenos Aires today in the morning, after Lionel Messi's Argentina team was crowned champion of the Copa America with a 1-0 victory over Colombia in an electrifying final that was decided in extra time. Cheering fans, many wrapped in Argentine flags, partied around the city's iconic Obelisk in the early hours of the morning despite the low temperatures of the southern hemisphere […]

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Don’t leave workers behind in green transition: SAfrica president

      This afternoon, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa reaffirmed the nation's commitment to transitioning towards renewable energy but insisted that communities and workers must not lose out. Africa's most industrialised economy is one of the world's largest greenhouse-gas emitters, relying on coal for 80 percent of electricity generation. The fossil fuel is a bedrock of the economy, employing more than 100,000 people. "We are in reality facing a climate […]

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Namibia

ECN Confident in High Voter Turnout as Registration Deadline Approaches

https://youtu.be/HU0AIuDeAt8 The Electoral Commission of Namibia (ECN) is confident that Namibians who are eligible to vote will turn up in numbers before registration closes in 20-days' time. Between the 3rd of June and the 6th of July 2024, the ECN has registered 823,761 voters inside the country and at all Namibian Diplomatic Missions abroad. This figure represents an average of 24,562 registered voters per day between the 1st and the 6th of […]

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Sport

Pogacar pulverises opposition at Tour de France

    Tadej Pogacar extended his overall lead at the Tour de France to more than three minutes on Sunday with a convincing second-straight stage win in the Pyrenees. The Slovenian dropped the last of his rivals with five kilometres to go after five more Pyrenean peaks. A valiant Jonas Vingegaard could only finish 1 minute and 8 seconds adrift in second, with Remco Evenepoel in third at 2min 51sec […]

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Aussie Power wins crash-marred IndyCar race in Iowa

    Australia's Will Power won the second race of IndyCar's Iowa Speedway double-header on Sunday, taking the checkered flag as a frightening last-lap crash sent backmarker Sting Ray Robb airborne. Power held off series points leader Alex Palou by 0.3915 seconds to give Team Penske a second victory in as many days. Teammate Scott McLaughlin, who won the opener on Saturday night, finished third. "I've been trying to win […]

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France crush New Zealand and England smother Ireland in U20 rugby semis

      Loose forward Mathis Castro-Ferreira scored three tries as title-holders France crushed New Zealand 55-31 in Cape Town on Sunday to reach the World Rugby Under-20 Championship final. In the final on July 19, France will face England who earlier beat Ireland 31-20. France scored seven tries in a scintillating performance with forwards Joe Quere Karaba and Charly Gambini, full-back Mathis Ferte and replacement back Xan Mousques all […]

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