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#Peace & Community #European #Middle East #Asia #UN #North America #Oceanian #AfricanSouth Africa: Nelson Mandela Bay Metro Runs Up a Loss of R1.58bn - - and Hasn't Even Paid Its Phone Bill
[Daily Maverick] The Nelson Mandela Bay metro recorded a loss of R1.58bn in the 2024/2025 financial year, councillors attending the budget and treasury portfolio meeting heard last week.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:
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South Africa: Eskom Plan Could Keep Township Lights On for Good
[Scrolla] The new smart meters will cut off only households that don't pay, instead of switching off power for whole communities. Eskom wants to install 6.2 million meters, but the plan depends on community support in Gauteng, Limpopo, Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Tullow Completes Sale of Kenya Assets to Gulf Energy Ltd
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Tullow Oil plc (Tullow) has finalised the sale of its entire working interest in Kenya to Auron Energy E&P Limited, an affiliate of Gulf Energy Ltd, following satisfaction of all conditions precedent under the Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) announced on July 21, 2025.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Kenya: DCI Rescues Kidnapped Girl Traced to Unfinished Church Building in Kibra
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Detectives have rescued a six-year-old girl who had been reported missing earlier this week, even as a manhunt for her kidnapper gets underway.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:South Africa: How Not to Build a Stadium
[GroundUp] Tens of millions have been spent on a stadium in Elim since 2017. The stadium is still not complete.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:South Africa: SA Calls for Safe Passage of Gaza Aid Flotilla
[SAnews.gov.za] The Government of South Africa, through the Department of International Relations and Cooperation, has reiterated its call for the safe passage of the Global Sumud Flotilla.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Lamola Calls for Unified Global Action to Address Issues of Peace and Inequality
[SAnews.gov.za] The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, has emphasised the enduring role of the United Nations (UN) in global governance and called for a unified global approach to address the interconnected issues of peace, inequality, and sustainable development.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Social Grant Payments to Increase By R10 in October
[SAnews.gov.za] Social grant payment amounts are set to increase by R10 in the October 2025 payment cycle in line with the announcement made by the Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in the Budget Speech earlier this year.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Worldβs top economists call for huge investment in public interest media
The high level panel assessed risks to the economy and society of a degraded media caused by AI firms and an outdated business model
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Nigeria: Black Market for Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food Is Putting Nigerian Children At Risk
[Nigeria Health Watch] The shortage of life-saving Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF) in health facilities across the northern part of Nigeria, where they are meant to be provided free of charge to malnourished children, has become deeply concerning. With the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) warning that more than 400,000 children are at risk due to ongoing stockouts, the situation points to the urgency of...
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Kenya: Committee to Review Ex-KCC Workers' Sh204.4mn Dues Claim
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- An inter-ministerial committee will be formed to review and resolve ex-KCC workers' unpaid Sh204.4 million terminal benefits and MAZIWA Sacco dues.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Africa: 260 Suspected Scammers Arrested in Pan-African Cybercrime Operation
[Interpol] LYON -- Operation targeted romance scams and sextortion in 14 African countries
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Africa: AGOA Likely to Be Renewed for One Year, Says Lesotho Trade Minister
[GroundUp] African Growth and Opportunity Act has previously been renewed for a decade at a time
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:South Sudan: Can South Sudan's Peace Process Be Rescued?
[ISS] President Salva Kiir has repeatedly flouted the peace deal and now seems to be putting a succession plan into action.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Madagascar: Deadly Protests Erupt in Madagascar Over Chronic Blackouts and Water Cuts
[RFI] Anger over chronic water and electricity shortages has exploded into deadly unrest in Madagascar, prompting a night-time curfew in the capital. At least five people were killed in mass protests in Antananarivo on Thursday, hospital sources said.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Namibians warned against holding parties at cemeteries after 'disgraceful' event
One resident said the cemetery in the capital had been left littered with discarded bottles and cans.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Egypt: Trump's Dip Into the Nile Waters Dispute Didn't Settle the Conflict - in Fact, It May Have Caused More Ripples
[The Conversation Africa] President Donald Trump chided the United Nations on Sept. 23, 2025, for failing to resolve dangerous international conflicts around the world. "All they seem to do," he groused during his address to the General Assembly in New York, "is write a really strongly worded letter and then never follow that letter up. It's empty words, and empty words don't solve war."
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Tanzania: Mushrooms May Have Been Part of Early Human Diets - Primate Study Explores Who Eats What and When
[The Conversation Africa] Mushrooms may not be the first food that comes to mind when we imagine the diets of wild primates - or our early human ancestors. We tend to think of fruits and green leaves as the preferred foods for monkeys and apes.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:The roll call: Between Historical betrayals and present misrepresentations
The funding model has always tilted in favour of national and provincial governments, leaving municipalities to stretch meagre resources across vast inequalities
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Ethiopia, Russia Sign Action Plan to Advance Nuclear Power Project
[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Ethiopia and Russia have formalized an action plan to advance the development of a nuclear power project in Ethiopia as part of a wider roadmap for cooperation discussed during Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's visit to Moscow.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Uganda: Museveni Accuses Nup, FDC Leaders of Misleading Youth Into 'Unnecessary Danger'
[Nile Post] President Museveni has said that "bad leaders" in the National Unity Platform (NUP) and parts of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) have nothing to offer Ugandans and instead mislead the youth into unnecessary danger and death.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Somalia: KDF Troops in Somalia Join Aviation Training to Boost Mission Readiness
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) personnel serving under the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) are taking part in a six-day Air Liaison Officer Training Course at Sector II Headquarters in Kismayo.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Liberia: CDC Obstructs Probe Into Weah's House Fire
[Liberian Observer] The Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) has obstructed investigation into a fire outbreak that gutted parts of the 9th Street residence of former President George Weah early Wednesday morning-with the former ruling party alleging a possible assassination attempt on its political leader.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Liberia: Weah Residence Fire Blamed On Electrical Fault As CDC Demands Int'l Investigation
[Liberian Investigator] The Liberia National Fire Service has blamed an electrical fault for the blaze that gutted former President George Weah's 9th Street residence last week -- even though investigators admitted they never entered the compound to conduct a formal probe.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Mass arrests for sextortion and romance scams in sting operation across Africa
Some 260 suspects were arrested in the operation across 14 African countries, says Interpol.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Africa: Global Fund Applauds Switzerland's Pledge to the Eighth Replenishment
[Global Fund] The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (the Global Fund) warmly applauds Switzerland's early pledge of CHF 64 million to the Eighth Replenishment.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Mchunu disbanded task team to protect the drug cartels
The inquiry heard this happened when the team closed in on syndicates tied to murder suspects
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:South Africa: South Africa's Pivotal Role in Reshaping Global Finance At the G20
[SAnews.gov.za] Prior to 1994, South Africa was a country whose brand image was defined through the entrenched apartheid system. Its architecture was that of being racist, oppressive and fascist in character.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Ethiopia: Ethiopian Marathon Champion Shewarge Alene Dies at 30
[allAfrica] Swedish Marathon organisers have confirmed that Ethiopian marathon runner Shewarge Alene died at 30 years old.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Libya: Former French President Sentenced to Five Years Over Libya Funds Case
[allAfrica] Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison after being found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Lesotho: Trump's Tariffs Could Cost Lesotho 30,000 Jobs, the IMF Warns
[GroundUp] Garment exports make up 80% of the country's exports to the United States
Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:South Africa: Vandalism Cripples 700 Eskom Units - South African News Briefs - September 26, 2025
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Published on: September 26, 2025 | Source:Why a tiny island's fate could decide Seychelles' next president
India, Qatari royals, China and ecologists have their own, very different, views on Assumption Island's future.
Published on: September 25, 2025 | Source:Ethiopian runner Shewarge Alene dies aged 30
Ethiopian runner Shewarge Alene dies aged 30, the organiser of the Stockholm marathon confirms.
Published on: September 25, 2025 | Source:Somalia: Somali Intelligence, Allies Kill Dozens of Al-Shabaab Militants in Coordinated Operations
[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- Somalia's National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA), in coordination with international partners, has carried out a series of targeted operations against the militant group Al-Shabaab across the regions of Hiiraan, Galgaduud, and Lower Shabelle, a statement said Thursday.
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