June 05
Zimbabwe: Fire Guts Girls' Dormitory At Nyashanu High
The Herald
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Zimbabwe: Funeral Parlour Blocked in Pomona
The Herald
An attempt to set up a funeral parlour in Pomona, northern Harare, remains a non-starter after Development Studios Africa Private Limited lost its appeal against a High Court… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Caledonia Mine to Raise $309m for Gold Project
The Herald
Senior Business Reporter Read more »
Nigeria: We Are On Vendetta Mission Against Nigeria, Says Hugo Broos
This Day
With the semi-final loss to Nigeria at the last AFCON tournament at the back of his mind, South Africa national team Head Coach Coach, Hugo Broos, has said that the Bafana Bafana… Read more »
June 04
South Africa: Who Will Be SA's Minister of Health in the New Cabinet?
spotlight
After the ANC received less than 41% of the votes in last week's national elections, negotiations are now underway that will determine how and by who South Africa is governed.… Read more »
Africa: Palestine Applies to Join South Africa's Genocide Case Against Israel At the ICJ
Accra Times
Palestine's request to the UN top court alleges that Israel's ongoing military operation is "part of a systematic effort to wipe Palestinian society and its culture and social… Read more »
South Africa: Fatalities Rise As Hail, Flooding, Snow, Two Tornadoes, Heavy Rainfall and High Winds Hit SA
Daily Maverick
In the past 24 hours, South Africa has witnessed at least two tornadoes north of Durban, hail in Umhlanga, snow in the Northern Cape and heavy rains and strong winds in the Western… Read more »
Nigeria: 50 Miners Feared Trapped At a Mining Site in Niger
Vanguard
Fifty miners have been reportedly feared trapped at a mining site in Niger state. The incident occurred after a torrential rainfall on Sunday in Galkogo community in Shiroro local… Read more »
Nigeria: Malnutrition Cases Surge 100% in Nigeria, Children Dying - MSF Raises Alarm
Vanguard
A devastating surge in severe malnutrition cases among children in northern Nigeria has ignited a health crisis, with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as… Read more »
Nigeria: What Is Nigeria Doing to Stop Chronic Oil Theft?
DW
Nigeria relies on crude oil for more than two-thirds of its earnings and about 90% of foreign exchange income, but massive theft in the country's oil-rich heartland is draining… Read more »
South Africa: Zero Evidence of South African Electoral Commission Bribery By Ruling Party and Official Opposition and Commission Is 'Considering Legal Options'
Africa Check
Zero evidence of South African electoral commission bribery by ruling party and official opposition and commission is 'considering legal options' Read more »
Nigeria: Labour Suspends Indefinite Strike Over Minimum Wage
Leadership
The Organised Labour has suspended its ongoing indefinite strike action for one week over a new national minimum wage and reversal of the recent electricity tariff hike. Read more »
Africa: Why Women's Health Matters For Everyone's Future
allAfrica
Maternal health, which refers to the health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period, according to WHO Africa, faces a troubling trend worldwide. Read more »
Southern Africa: Bringing Drought and Floods, El Niño Hits the Most Fragile in Southern Africa
IPS
Kaponde Likando does not know how his family will survive until the next farming season. "We are not going to have anything (to harvest)," said the 60-year-old from Chingobe… Read more »
South Africa: Former Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula Back in Court - South African News Briefs - June 04, 2024
allAfrica
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Congo-Kinshasa: The ICRC Suspends Food Aid for Displaced People in Kanyabayonga [press release]
ICRC
On 30 May 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) suspended food aid to displaced people living between Kanyabayonga and Burangiza, and in Bulindi, which are… Read more »
Liberia: Former CBL Deputy Governor, Charles Sirleaf, is Dead
Liberian Observer
Much shock and sorrow have followed the passing of Charles E. Sirleaf, 68, the son of former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, in Ghana on Sunday. Condolences have been… Read more »
South Africa: Shell SA Ponders Next Move After Dismissal of Oil Exploration Appeal
Namibian
Shell South Africa is considering its next moves regarding continued investment in offshore exploration for oil after the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) yesterday dismissed its… Read more »
Egypt: Opposition Leader Imprisoned [press release]
HRW
No Tolerance for Challenging President Sisi Read more »
Nigeria: Tinubu Inaugurates, Names Abuja Road After Wole Soyinka
Premium Times
The Arterial Road N20 is one of the transverse arterial roads connecting the Outer Northern Expressway (ONEX) and the Outer Southern Expressway (OSEX) through the sector centres. Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Slam Poems and Dance Shows - How Congolese Creatives Are Responding to the M23 Conflict
The New Humanitarian
'When we sang and danced with others, I felt free from these thoughts.' Read more »
Africa: Africa Doesn't Have a Choice Between Economic Growth and Protecting the Environment [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Heathrow Airport in the UK currently uses more energy than the entire west African country of Sierra Leone. Despite Africa accounting for less than 4% of all global greenhouse gas… Read more »
South Africa: Why Musicians Die in Poverty - South African Study Reveals Battle to Make Ends Meet [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Benefits and appeals were recently launched to support the medical costs of veteran South African guitarist Madala Kunene. It's not the first time such initiatives have been… Read more »
South Africa: Governance Scenarios in South Africa - Growth Vs Stability? [analysis]
ISS
Two possible national coalitions (ANC-DA-IFP or ANC-MK) are a choice between economic growth and stability, with KZN as the sacrificial lamb. Read more »
Nigeria: Deputy Commissioner of Police, Slumps, Dies At Force HQ
Vanguard
A Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Abubakar Mohammed Guri, the DC in office of COMPOL MOPOL, Force Headquarters, Abuja on Monday 3rd June, reportedly slumped and gave up the… Read more »