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Gift of the Givers mobilises aid for flood-affected residents in Cape Metro
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Gift of the Givers said they are being swamped with calls from communities across the Cape Metro area due to severe flooding caused by a cold front, affecting thousands. The Western Cape Disaster Management Centre on Sunday said that they remain...
Severe flooding prompts urgent response from Gift of the Givers
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Gift of the Givers (GoTG) teams extended their humanitarian aid distribution to over 20 000 flood victims in the Cape Metropole on Sunday. The organisation said they were receiving calls from communities across the Cape Metro area due to the heavy...
Opinion: Tanzania’s railway is laying the tracks for a New East Africa
Northampton Chronicle & Echo
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July 4, 2025
Tanzania’s new electric railway is more than a national upgrade. It is a bold step toward regional transformation. As the country rolls out its Standard Gauge Railway linking Dar es Salaam to Dodoma, with future links to Burundi, Rwanda, and the...
Oil Giant Adds Fuel to Soft Power Push
China Media Project
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July 7, 2025
Mandated from on-high by the Chinese Communist Party leadership, China’s new strategy to super-charge its international communication at the local level is certainly not a process of decentralization. It is a policy effort, however, that has...
Liberia: As Five African Heads of State Prepare for High-stakes White House talks, President Trump Pushes Trade over Aid in Renewed African policy framework
Front Page Africa
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July 7, 2025
Washington, D.C. – President Donald Trump is set to host the heads of state from Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, and Senegal at the White House next week for a luncheon aimed at strengthening commercial and security ties between the...
Bujumbura – Gasarara : six people killed in a witch hunt led by Imbonerakure
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, July 2, 2025 – Six people, all members of the ruling CNDD-FDD party, were killed on Monday, June 30, 2025, in Gasarara village, in Nyabiraba district, Bujumbura province (western Burundi). They were accused of...
Africa Rail Infrastructure Powers Mineral Trade Growth
Skillings Mining Review - Florida
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July 6, 2025
Africa rail Infrastructure is getting a new lease of life. Important transportation lines are swiftly increasing to make the continent’s natural resources more accessible and improve trade linkages across the globe. The Italian development bank...
Tanzania to host Pan-African social security summit
Xinhua News Agency
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DAR ES SALAAM, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Tanzania is set to host a high-level Pan-African summit focusing on the future of social security on the continent, a senior official announced Sunday. The summit, to be held on July 10 in the northern city of...
Sudan: One Of The Best Ten Worldwide,Second In Africa
MENAFN
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July 6, 2025
(MENAFN- Sudanow Magazine) By: Rogia al-Shafee Thanks to the huge efforts exerted by a talented and experienced Sudan news agency journalist, Sudan ranking has gone up to forefront within the media sports writing in the AIPS competition. It was a...
From Awareness to Action: Informaction Theory of Change and ...
Modern Ghana
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The theme "From Awareness to Action: Strengthening Open Societies through Scientific Literacy" speaks to the Advocacy for Alleged Witches' theory of change, that is Informaction Theory of Change. This theory codifies an attempt to provide the...
Kiswahili Day’s global celebration brightens Swedish capital
Daily News Tanzania
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July 6, 2025
STOCKHOLM: It was a colourful event when the Tanzanian Embassy in Sweden, in collaboration with Tanzanian diaspora communities , successfully staged a grand celebration to the World’s Kiswahili Day in the Swedish capital, Stockholm on July 5, this...
Africa’s freedom scorecard 2025: The most and least free countries on the continent
Business Insider Africa
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July 6, 2025
While some nations continue to deepen civil liberties and democratic norms, others are sliding further into authoritarian rule. According to the 2025 Freedom House report, freedom declined for the 19th consecutive year worldwide, reflecting a...
Texas floods: Dozens dead, girls swept away from summer camp still missing
Alberton Record
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott declared today a day of prayer for those impacted by the devastating floods that swept through Central Texas in the United States over the Fourth of July holiday weekend. At the time of publishing, at least 51 people had...
Nakivale : hunger kills, a Congolese refugee dies in front of the UNHCR
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Nakivale, July 2, 2025 – Hunger has struck again in refugee camps in Uganda. A Congolese refugee, a member of the Banyamulenge community, died Tuesday evening in the Nakivale camp after a week of hunger strike. He was protesting...
Nduta (Tanzania) : two Burundian refugees killed in a road accident, their families demand compensation
Sos Médias Burundi
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SOS Médias Burundi Nduta, July 2, 2025 – A tragic accident occurred on Monday in the Nduta refugee camp, located in Kibondo District, northwest Tanzania. A truck belonging to a Chinese road construction agency hit a group of Burundian refugees,...
Six people accused of witchcraft are killed by mob who burn two alive, stone others to death or fatally beat them with clubs
Daily Mail
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July 2, 2025
By SOPHIA STANFORD Published: 12:24 EDT, 2 July 2025 | Updated: 16:47 EDT, 2 July 2025 Six people accused of witchcraft have been burned alive, stoned or beaten to death in an act of 'horrific, unspeakable barbarity' in Burundi. The mob dragged...
Cape Town's cold front causes severe flooding, leading to Gift of the Givers' humanitarian response
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Gift of the Givers said they are being swamped with calls from communities across the Cape Metro area due to the heavy impact of the cold front, resulting in floods and rain that has impacted thousands of people. The latest update from the Western...
Mpox: Three countries account for 84% of Africa’s cases – Official
Premium Times
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July 6, 2025
The Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Sierra Leone, and Uganda account for over 84 per cent of Mpox cases across Africa. The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week...
6 people accused of witchcraft killed, 2 burned alive, official says
CBS News
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Six people accused of witchcraft were killed, burned alive, stoned or beaten by a militia in Burundi, a local official told AFP on Wednesday. The official and witnesses, who all asked for anonymity, said the incident happened on Monday after...
Witch Hunts Targeting The Elderly, Women And Disabled In Nigeria, Other African Countries Must End, Says Advocacy Group
Sahara Reporters
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A leading human rights group, the Advocacy for Alleged Witches (AfAW), has called for urgent and sustained action to end witch hunts across Africa, describing the practice as a brutal and outdated system of violence fuelled by ignorance, fear and...