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Families flee rising floodwaters as climate crisis deepens Mozambique’s displacement emergency

Families flee rising floodwaters as climate crisis deepens Mozambique’s displacement emergency

MARIA João had minutes to decide what to save as muddy floodwaters surged through her home in southern Mozambique earlier this month. She grabbed her youngest child and ran, leaving behind everything else - including the identity documents her family would need to prove who they are. "We just ran to higher ground," she told aid workers. "Some children got separated from their parents. The elderly couldn't keep up." João is among nearly 400,000 people displaced by severe flooding that has swept across Mozambique since the new year began, the UN refugee agency reported. The deluge has transformed schools into…
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Africa in the Epstein files: What the DOJ documents actually reveal

Africa in the Epstein files: What the DOJ documents actually reveal

THE United States Department of Justice has released over 3.5 million pages of documents, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein under the Epstein Files Transparency Act signed in November 2025. While social media has been rife with unverified allegations, a careful examination of credible reporting reveals several verified African connections in these files. The 2002 Clinton Foundation Africa Trip The most extensively documented African connection involves a September 2002 humanitarian trip to Africa. Former President Bill Clinton, actor Kevin Spacey, and comedian Chris Tucker flew on Epstein's private jet for a five-day tour of…
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Profit eclipses people: DRC mine disaster, lethal cost of unregulated extraction

Profit eclipses people: DRC mine disaster, lethal cost of unregulated extraction

THE earth that swallowed more than 200 lives in Rubaya, in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)  this week didn't collapse without warning. It had been destabilised by relentless extraction, weakened by seasonal rains, and left vulnerable by the complete absence of safety infrastructure that characterises mining operations controlled by armed groups. The disaster that unfolded on Wednesday in eastern DRC represents not merely a tragic accident, but the inevitable outcome of a system where human life is treated as expendable in the pursuit of minerals that power the world's smartphones and laptops. The Predictable Catastrophe A former mine…
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Kagame: Rwanda must forge own path, reject foreign models

Kagame: Rwanda must forge own path, reject foreign models

PRESIDENT Paul Kagame issued a forceful call for national authenticity and self-reliance during twin addresses marking Rwanda's 32nd National Heroes Day and the National Prayer Breakfast, warning Rwandans against abandoning their identity in pursuit of foreign ideals. "Do not make the mistake of finding yourself thinking that you should be someone other than who you are," Kagame declared at the Prayer Breakfast. "This country of Rwanda cannot be turned into any other country. Do not even think of it, because it is neither natural nor viable." The remarks came as Rwanda commemorated fallen heroes whose "lives exemplified bravery and patriotism." …
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Atrocities loom as South Sudan slides toward full-scale civil war

Atrocities loom as South Sudan slides toward full-scale civil war

SOUTH Sudan stands at the precipice of a humanitarian catastrophe as the world's youngest nation descends once again into civil war, with military commanders issuing evacuation orders that human rights monitors warn could presage mass atrocities against civilians. On January 25, South Sudan's military ordered civilians, aid workers, and United Nations personnel to evacuate opposition-controlled territories in Jonglei state ahead of planned military offensives, raising international alarm about the protection of vulnerable populations caught in the crossfire of renewed conflict. Echoes of Past Atrocities The evacuation directive comes amid escalating violence that has displaced more than 100,000 people since December…
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EXPOSED: How Nigerian pension official bought us, UAE properties with “cash in hand”

EXPOSED: How Nigerian pension official bought us, UAE properties with “cash in hand”

A former Nigerian pension fund official convicted of money laundering purchased at least four foreign properties with cash while he was supposed to be safeguarding the retirement funds of millions of Nigerians, according to an investigation by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Abdulrasheed Maina, 60, bought three properties in Kentucky and a luxury Dubai apartment between 2010 and 2013 while serving as chairman of Nigeria's Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, OCCRP reports. All three US properties were purchased "cash in hand," according to property records obtained by OCCRP, Premium Times, and the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers…
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Burkina Faso’s dissolution of political parties exposes authoritarian turn

Burkina Faso’s dissolution of political parties exposes authoritarian turn

THE dissolution of all political parties in Burkina Faso marks a definitive break from Captain Ibrahim Traoré's early promises of democratic restoration, revealing what critics say is an increasingly authoritarian trajectory that contradicts the junta's carefully crafted international image. The decree, approved by the West African nation's council of ministers on Thursday, eliminates the legal framework governing political operations and transfers all party assets to the state. The move represents the starkest consolidation of power since Traoré seized control in September 2022, effectively ending any pretence of a return to civilian rule. When Traoré launched his coup, he justified the…
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Israel, South Africa in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions

Israel, South Africa in tit-for-tat diplomatic expulsions

ISRAEL expelled South Africa's most senior diplomat on Friday in immediate retaliation for Pretoria's expulsion of its own chargé d'affaires hours earlier, marking an unprecedented breakdown in bilateral relations between the two nations whose ties have collapsed over South Africa's support for Palestine and its genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice. Israel's Foreign Ministry declared South African Minister Shaun Edward Byneveldt, the country's chargé d'ambassador to Palestine, persona non grata and ordered him to leave Israel within 72 hours. The expulsion came just hours after South Africa took identical action against Israeli Chargé d'Affaires Ariel Seidman…
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The fall of a “Prophet”: Zim’s Magaya faces reckoning for alleged crimes against women

The fall of a “Prophet”: Zim’s Magaya faces reckoning for alleged crimes against women

IN the gleaming mega-church complex where thousands once gathered to witness "miracles," the air now crackles with a different kind of electricity: the sharp voltage of scandal, betrayal, and criminal allegations that threaten to topple one of Zimbabwe's most flamboyant religious figures. Walter Magaya, the 35-year-old founder of Prophetic Healing and Deliverance (PHD) Ministries, stands accused of crimes that paint a disturbing portrait behind the golden veneer of his prosperity gospel empire. The man who once promised miracle healing and "miracle money" to desperate congregants now faces rape and fraud charges that have sent shockwaves through Zimbabwe's religious landscape. A…
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SA: President orders criminal probes against 5 police officers, 9 municipal officials

SA: President orders criminal probes against 5 police officers, 9 municipal officials

FIVE senior South African Police Service officers and nine current and former Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality employees face criminal investigations and potential prosecution after President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday directed law enforcement agencies to act on recommendations from the Madlanga Commission. The directive follows the submission of an interim report by the Commission of Inquiry into Criminality, Political Interference and Corruption in the Criminal Justice System, which found prima facie evidence of wrongdoing, including corruption, fraud, murder, and perjury. Among the SAPS officers referred for investigation are Major General Lesetja Senona, Major General Richard Shibiri, Brigadier Mbangwa Nkhwashu, Brigadier Rachel Matjeng,…
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