insert_link Africa Nigeria has recorded 10 cases of Lassa Fever in one week Nigeria has recorded 10 cases of Lassa Fever in one week. They were recorded in four states across the federation. Tesem Akende reports from Jos. todayJune 10, 2024 6
insert_link South Africa UNICEF Report Indicates South Africa Is Among Top 20 Nations With Highest Child Food Poverty A UNICEF report reveals South Africa is one of 20 countries accounting for 65-percent of all children globally living in severe food poverty. Twenty-three-percent of South African children experience food deprivation and they are 50-percent more likely to suffer life-threatening malnutrition. UNICEF's Christine Muhigana says the consequences can last a lifetime, weakening immunity, increasing disease risk and perpetuating the poverty cycle: E todayJune 10, 2024 16
insert_link World Far-right surge in EU elections Far-right parties were big winners in the European elections, securing particularly strong performances in France and Germany. But the centrist grouping held firm with the European People's Party remaining the biggest player in the European Parliament. William Denselow reports from Brussels. todayJune 10, 2024 21
insert_link Namibia Minister Tjongarero Officiates Groundbreaking of Northern High Performance Sports Centre The Sport, Youth and National Service minister, Agnes Tjongarero, officiated the groundbreaking ceremony of the Northern Namibian High Performance Sports Centre at Ondangwa in the Oshana Region on Friday. Our Northern correspondent Maria Namupala attended the event. todayJune 10, 2024 36
insert_link Namibia Two Arrested for Possession of Illicit Fuel Two individuals, aged 24 and 41, were arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly possessing illicit fuel. Chief Inspector ,Thomas Aiyambo from the Namibian Police’s Community Policing Sub-division in Oshana reported that the suspects were apprehended at a mobile police roadblock in Ondjondjo village on the Okatana-Onhuno main road. They were found with 62 containers, each holding 25 liters of smuggled fuel, transported in a Toyota pickup. The value of the fuel […] todayJune 6, 2024 13
insert_link South Africa Santam In South Africa Receives Claims Amid Severe Weather in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Short-term insurer, Santam in South Africa has over the past 48 hours received claims from various parts of the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, resulting from the severe weather that has impacted the provinces in the past few days. Flooding has claimed the lives of ten people and left over three-thousand displaced. Santam’s, Thabo Mabaso says to date, they have received just over 254 claims for damage to property and other […] todayJune 6, 2024 11
insert_link World U.S and ‘Five Eyes’ allies warn China courting Western military trainers The U.S, Britain, Canada, Australia and New Zealand have warned that China was circumventing measures aimed at stopping its recruitment of current and former Western military pilots to train the Chinese military. The Five Eyes intelligence-sharing alliance said Western recruits who train the People's Liberation Army would increase the risk of future conflict. As Laura Westbrook reports. todayJune 6, 2024 16
insert_link South Africa Democratic Union Party In S.A Calls for Annulment of Recent Elections The Democratic Union Party in S.A wants the annulment of the recent general elections, saying it is still of the view that sections of the Electoral Matters Amendment Act are unconstitutional. The Constitutional Court dismissed the party’s application on Monday, which sought to address the irregularities of the Act. DUP’s spokesperson, Thapelo Makgale, says they believe that conducting the elections under the Electoral Act resulted in the election of an […] todayJune 6, 2024 25
insert_link World Putin Says Moscow Will Use nuclear weapons if its sovereignty is under threat Russia's leader, Vladimir Putin reaffirmed his country's readiness to use nuclear arms if it sees a threat to its sovereignty. He also warned that Western arms deliveries to Ukraine were "a very dangerous step", and said Moscow it reserves the right for "asymmetrical" retaliation elsewhere in the world. The threats came in response to recent decisions of the US and several EU countries allowing Ukraine to use Western-supplied weapons to […] todayJune 6, 2024 16
