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- How China’s super-sized market powers African growth
Walk into a supermarket in China and you might find more than just familiar domestic produce. Avocados from Kenya, pineapples from Benin and tangy tangerines from South Africa are increasingly gracing supermarket shelves across China. These fresh, high-quality African agricultural goods are evolving from niche imports into mainstream consumer favourites,… Read more » - UN adopts International Day to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage
The United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution establishing November 27 as the International Day to End Child, Early and Forced Marriage, in a move aimed at accelerating global efforts to protect children and advance gender equality. The resolution, led by Sierra Leone and backed by 42 co-sponsors, creates… Read more » - DRC launches 180-day Ebola plan, seeks $1.3 billion funding
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and its partners have unveiled an updated 180-day multi-sectoral response plan to intensify efforts against the Ebola outbreak, with funding needs estimated at $1.3 billion (R21bn). With support from the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and… Read more » - Technology powers Gyirong rescue, guards against secondary disasters
With access to Gyirong Port restored, authorities are stepping up monitoring for potential secondary disasters along the rescue route and at the disaster site to ensure safe rescue operations after a mudslide that struck Gyirong Port in south-west China’s Xizang Autonomous Region on August 26. The end of the mudslide… Read more » - US, Iran trade oil tanker strikes as Hormuz confrontation escalates
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has confirmed that its aerospace forces attacked US warships with several ballistic missiles within the preceding hours: an aircraft carrier and a destroyer belonging to the US Navy, adding that the US vessels had harassed Iranian ships and participated in the naval blockade against the… Read more » - 8 countries jointly condemn Israeli ministers’ Gaza displacement remarks
The foreign ministers of Egypt, Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, Indonesia and Pakistan have condemned remarks by two Israeli ministers concerning the displacement of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip. In a joint statement on Sunday, the ministers condemned recent remarks by Israeli National Security Minister Itamar… Read more » - Tanzania delivers 52 tons of medical aid to DRC for Ebola fight
Tanzania on Saturday handed over 52 tons of medicines and medical supplies worth 220 million Tanzanian shillings (R1.3 million) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to support efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak. The supplies were handed over in Kinshasa by Tanzanian Deputy Minister for Health Florence Samizi… Read more » - Thank you, Rassie, Springboks and Siya
Let’s be honest, there’s very little to celebrate for us as South Africans, at the moment. The Madlanga commission might expose the rot and lead to arrests, but it is tragic when thinking about the wholesale corruption that has taken hold of the very institutions that are supposed to maintain… Read more » - SAPS Commemoration Day: Fallen officers honoured with a final salute
The South African Police Service (SAPS) held its Annual Commemoration Day at the Union Buildings in Pretoria today, paying tribute to 12 officers who lost their lives in the line of duty during the past year. Ceremony at the SAPS Memorial Families of the fallen officers walked the steps to… Read more » - OpenAI acknowledges ‘wiki incident’, calls for AI transparency
OpenAI agents have appropriated wiki sites as impromptu message boards, adding that more transparency was needed around such incidents. The statement follows a Reuters report that a swarm of OpenAI agents had hijacked a communally edited German site earlier this year and used it as a springboard for cheating during… Read more »
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