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South Africa Attacks US, Defends China And Russia

South Africa Attacks US, Defends China And Russia

The ANC’s shift to the East is gaining traction. The Russia nuclear deal has cemented that partnership while the Chinese link is ever-growing. Mandarin will soon be an option in schools, while cheap steel imports are working against local industry. At what cost are these relationships developed? The latest concern comes from the South Africa […]

Report Names Uganda’s HIV/Aids Hotspots

Report Names Uganda’s HIV/Aids Hotspots

Experts on HIV/Aids have warned that the current decline in new infections is likely to be short-lived if the government and its partners do not put more emphasis on districts that continue to register high rates of new infections. A new report, released by Uganda Aids Commission indicates a 27 per cent decline in HIV […]

Tanzania Albinos In US For Prosthetics After Their Limbs were Cut Off By Witchdoctors

Tanzania Albinos In US For Prosthetics After Their Limbs were Cut Off By Witchdoctors

Around five albino children from Tanzania are in the US to be fitted with prosthetics. Their limbs were cut off because of the belief by some witchdoctors that the body parts have properties that can be used in potions to bring good luck and wealth. “They cut off the hand… they hit my mum and […]

Ethiopia Bans Smoking

Ethiopia Bans Smoking

The bars and cafes are full and lively in the northern Ethiopian town of Mekelle but they are no longer smoke-filled, with the strict implementation of a smoking ban in public places. “It’s a good thing,” said Hiriti, the owner of a small bar in a busy street. “Of course, some customers are not happy, […]

Burundi Ex-Army Chief Killed As Fears Grow Of A New Civil War

Burundi Ex-Army Chief Killed As Fears Grow Of A New Civil War

The former head of Burundi’s army during its 13-year civil war was assassinated Saturday, further fuelling fears of a new civil war in the restive east central African country. Colonel Jean Bikomagu, a key figure in the former Tutsi-dominated army, was gunned down in his car by unidentified assailants as he was about to enter […]

Amnesty International approves a controversial policy decriminalizing sex trade

Amnesty International approves a controversial policy decriminalizing sex trade

Amnesty International approved a controversial policy Tuesday to endorse the de-criminalization of the sex trade, rejecting complaints from some women’s rights groups who say it is tantamount to advocating the legalization of pimping and brothel owning. At its decision-making forum in Dublin, the human rights watchdog approved the resolution to recommend “full decriminalization of all […]

Women Lack Access to Safe Abortions in Humanitarian Crises, Experts Say

Women Lack Access to Safe Abortions in Humanitarian Crises, Experts Say

Efforts to provide safe abortions in countries hit by conflict or disasters are being held back by a lack of information and funding, said health experts in London as they presented new research on the state of reproductive health in emergencies. The research found international health workers in South Sudan and Burkina Faso failed to […]

Pilot And Crew Caught Drunk Right Before Take-Off

Pilot And Crew Caught Drunk Right Before Take-Off

A Latvian Air Baltic pilot and three crew members were pulled off a Greece-bound passenger plane in Oslo early Saturday after failing a breathalyser test before take-off, Norwegian police said. “Results of the breathalyser tests confirmed that four of the five crew members were above the legal alcohol limit of 0.2 promille,” Romerike police prosecutor […]

Six killed in deadly hostage siege at a hotel in central Malia

Six killed in deadly hostage siege at a hotel in central Malia

At least four people including two soldiers were killed on Friday in an ongoing siege at a hotel in the central Malian town of Sevare, where gunmen have also taken a number of hostages, military sources said. Attackers stormed the Byblos hotel early on Friday in what military sources and local residents said appeared to […]

Russia hacks Pentagon computers

Russia hacks Pentagon computers

U.S. officials tell NBC News that Russia launched a “sophisticated cyberattack” against the Pentagon’s Joint Staff unclassified email system, which has been shut down and taken offline for nearly two weeks. According to the officials, the “sophisticated cyber intrusion” occurred sometime around July 25 and affected some 4,000 military and civilian personnel who work for […]

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