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Thu, 24 Feb 2022 12:22:46 +0000
News24.com | A blight on the beach, old flip flops given makeover in Kenya
Tangled in seaweed, buried in sand, washed up in rock pools - tattered old flip flops are an eyesore on Kenya's beaches, flushed out of rivers or carried across the sea from Asia and beyond.

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 15:43:04 +0000
News24.com | 'It's an absolute monster.' Another major oil discovery made in Namibian waters
The discovery sits approximately 290 kilometres off the coast of Namibia, in the deep offshore.

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 10:53:19 +0000
News24.com | Hunger blights the future of newborns in Chad
Her tiny mouth is constantly open, trying to suck in air.

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 10:47:03 +0000
News24.com | SA man among 9 killed in shootout with Botswana police, following cash-in-transit robbery
A South African man is among nine people Botswana police have killed in a shootout, following a cash-in-transit robbery in the country's capital city, Gaborone.

Thu, 24 Feb 2022 10:05:23 +0000
News24.com | Airlink says direct flights between Durban and Harare will boost economic ties
Privately-owned local airline Airlink launching scheduled direct services between Durban and Harare, Zimbabwe.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 15:32:03 +0000
News24.com | Algeria introduces unemployment grant, as president moves to curb potential social instability
Through providing unemployment benefits to people between 19 to 40, the Algerian government seeks to contain growing discontent as the country continues to suffer from a series of shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic and re-occurring food shortages.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 14:28:49 +0000
News24.com | The mines where DRC workers earn less than R40 a day - study finds mass exploitation at cobalt mines
A new report detailing two years of research has found that the extraction of cobalt from mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is happening under inhumane conditions.

Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:10:22 +0000
News24.com | Move over 'tech bros': Women entrepreneurs join Africa's fintech boom
Africa has double the average rate of women-led fintechs, but from 2013 to 2021 less than 5% of $12.6 billion in funding to Africa's tech startups went to fintechs led only by women

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 18:43:01 +0000
News24.com | Burkina mine death toll rises to 63
The death toll from an accidental explosion at an illegal gold mine in southwestern Burkina Faso rose to 63, the authorities said, adding that they had made an arrest.

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 16:04:16 +0000
News24.com | Covid-19 wrap: Ugandans face jail for refusing jab, NZ police clash with anti-vaxxers, Hong Kong overwhelmed
Covid-19 has killed at least 5 892 084 people since the outbreak emerged in China in December 2019, according to an AFP tally.

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:22:48 +0000
News24.com | Campaign lobbies Tanzania President Hassan to protect 70 000 Maasai from resettlement
A petition to stop the forced resettlement of more than 70 000 Maasai people from northern Tanzania was handed to the country's president on the sidelines of the recently ended European Union-African Union Summit in Brussels, Belgium.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 21:34:09 +0000
News24.com | Mozambique govt's website down for several hours after hack
Mozambique on Monday said the portal hosting government websites was hit by a cyberattack forcing it to take the system offline for several hours.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 15:26:32 +0000
News24.com | Uproar over Namibia's R5.9 million auction off 57 elephants
There's been an uproar in Namibia over the country's capture and auction of 57 elephants worth R5.9 million.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 10:37:26 +0000
News24.com | Ethiopia starts generating power at the largest hydroelectric dam in Africa
Ethiopia began generating electricity from its mega-dam on the Blue Nile on Sunday, a milestone in the controversial multi-billion dollar project.

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:58:40 +0000
News24.com | Credit Suisse's controversial clients included sanctioned Zim tycoon Billy Rautenbach
Credit Suisse Group AG managed accounts for clients involved in human rights abuses, corruption and drug trafficking, according to newspaper reports based on leaked data on more than 18,000 accounts that together held more than $100 billion.

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 20:47:56 +0000
News24.com | Tear gas fired at Sudan anti-coup protest as UN expert arrives
Sudanese security forces have fired tear gas at protesters demonstrating against last year's military coup, an AFP correspondent said, as a United Nations human rights expert arrived in the country.

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 18:32:38 +0000
News24.com | Stray Nigeria air strike kills seven children in Niger: governor
An air strike by the Nigerian army targeting 'bandits' has left seven children dead and five others wounded "by mistake" in the Maradi region of southern Niger, a local governor told AFP on Sunday.

Sun, 20 Feb 2022 14:32:40 +0000
News24.com | Zimbabwe opposition says 80 supporters arrested while campaigning
Zimbabwe's main opposition party has said at least 80 of its supporters were arrested while campaigning door to door ahead of crunch parliamentary by-elections next month, the party said.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 17:11:51 +0000
News24.com | Police brutality, political violence and flawed voters roll ahead of Zimbabwe by-elections
With little over a month before by-elections in Zimbabwe, political violence, allegations of police brutality and unfair conduct by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission have surfaced.

Sat, 19 Feb 2022 12:23:29 +0000
News24.com | Musk donates satellite gear to reconnect Tonga
Tonga says space entrepreneur and Tesla founder Elon Musk has donated 50 satellite terminals to help the volcano-damaged Pacific island reconnect with the world.



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