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South Africa: SA's Foreign Policy Guided By National Interest - President Ramaphosa

[SAnews.gov.za] President Cyril Ramaphosa has reaffirmed that South Africa's foreign policy will always be shaped by national interest, constitutional values and priorities, and not by external influence.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

South Africa: DIRCO Warns Youth of Unverified Foreign Job Offers Promoted By Influencers

[SAnews.gov.za] The Head of Public Diplomacy at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO), Clayson Monyela, has advised young people, particularly girls, to be cautious of unverified foreign job offers.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

South Africa: SANDF Responds to Allegations Around General Maphwanya

[SAnews.gov.za] The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has expressed concern over allegations suggesting that the Chief of the SANDF, General Rudzani Maphwanya, is defiant toward the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans, Angie Motshekga.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Ethiopia: Road Inaugurated in Japan in Honor of Ethiopian Legend Abebe Bikila

[ENA] Addis Ababa -- A road has been inaugurated in Japan in honor of Ethiopian legendary athlete Abebe Bikila.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Zambia: Amid Worsening Droughts and Crop Failure, Zambians Call for Collective Climate Action

[Afrobarometer] Nine out of 10 citizens who have heard of climate change say it is making their lives worse.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Nigeria: Nigeria, Japan Initiate Mining Alliance At TICAD 9

[Leadership] Nigeria and Japan have initiated high-level discussions to foster Japanese investment in Nigeria's burgeoning solid minerals sector.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Nigeria: NEMA, SEMA, Red Cross Assess IDP Camps After Bandit Attack

[Leadership] Relief is on the way for displaced residents of Sabon Birni local government area, Sokoto State over the recent banditry attacks.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Nigeria: I'm in Hurry to See Nigeria Rise, Getting Close to My Departure Lounge - Obasanjo

[Leadership] Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has said that he was in a hurry to see Nigeria attain its potential for greatness, stressing that he is now "getting close" to his departure lounge.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

What to Know About Security Guarantees Under Discussion for Ukraine?

The security measures have emerged as part of renewed diplomatic efforts to end the Ukrainian conflict. On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that new developments on security guarantees for the country would be ready β€œin the coming days.” RELATED: Hungary Denounced Ukraine’s Attacks on a Major Oil Pipeline The security measures have emerged as […]

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Will ECOWAS meet its 2027 currency launch goal?

Despite past delays and ongoing issues, the Economic Community of West African States plans to introduce the regional eco currency by July 2027. The pledge was made at the recent Sahel Governance Forum in The Gambia.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

DR Congo: The doctor who couldn’t leave Goma

In the days leading up to the fall of Goma, the capital of North Kivu in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dr. Thierno Balde slept with a helmet and bulletproof vest beside his bed as shells rattled the walls of his hotel.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

UN urges renewed solidarity eight years after forced exodus of Rohingya

Monday marks eight years since the mass displacement of Rohingya from Rakhine state in Myanmar and the United Nations is calling for greater international solidarity with the mainly Muslim minority community.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight

Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) - an increasingly urgent challenge as demand for safer access to the vital resource grows.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza following two deadly Israeli air strikes on the Nasser Hospital in the southern Strip on Monday.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: UN News favicon UN News

China has laid a rare earths trap for the west

The American military and Europe’s green transition both rely on critical minerals from Beijing

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Spain’s economy keeps growing β€” why is the country doing so well?

A booming tourism sector, foreign investment and immigration are among the main pillars supporting economic growth in Spain.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Typhoon Kajiki Disrupts Life for Over 100,000 in China’s Hainan Province

No casualties reported as storm damages infrastructure, uproots trees and floods coastal areas. The passage of Typhoon Kajiki, the 13th cyclone of the year, affected more than 100,000 people as it swept through China’s island province of Hainan, where fire services carried out rescues, removed debris and trees, and conducted cleanup operations after heavy rains […]

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Crimes and Misdemeanors: Ukraine slams Woody Allen for Russia film talk

US movie director appeared online at Moscow film festival, and praised Russian cinema.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

U.S. government takes 10% stake in Intel, as Trump expands control over private sector

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said that the U.S. government has taken a 10% stake in chipmaker Intel.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: CNBC International favicon CNBC International

Wished for Death but Could Never Die: VilariΓ±o’s Immortal Poetry

August unfolds as a quiet homage to Idea VilariΓ±o, whose birth in the eighth month of 1920 in Montevideo marked the beginning of one of Latin America’s most dreadful voices. Emerging from the crucible of the β€œGeneration of 45,” she distilled the vast, tumultuous human condition into delicate, stark verses β€” poems stripped of anything […]

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Renault Duster Zen 4WD: Mildly in a league of its own

The new Duster line-up doesn’t have the diesel derivative but it remains a compact adventure vehicle that does well both on and off the road

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Mail & Guardian Africa favicon Mail & Guardian Africa

Will Former President’s Arrest Mark a Break From Elite Impunity in Sri Lanka?

Ranil Wickremesinghe's arrest signals that once untouchable leaders can be brought before the law.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

We Computers β€” a genre-blending, time-bending, poetic novel

Structured around an ancient storytelling form yet narrated by a fictional AI, this is Hamid Ismailov’s most expansive and imaginative creation yet

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Silicon Valley gets the β€˜Hamilton’ treatment

A new production backed by Reid Hoffman skewers the Bay Area’s tech subculture

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Namibia: Namibia Celebrates Independence Heroes, but Glosses Over a Painful History

[The Conversation Africa] Namibia celebrates 26 August as Heroes' Day. It recalls the first military encounter between the South African army and members of the South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo), Namibia's liberation movement, in 1966. Initially a German colony (1884-1915), the country was then administered by South Africa, which refused to give up the occupation.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Sudan: Unicef to Deliver 1.4 Million Cholera Vaccines to Sudan Amid Supply Chain Breakdowns

[IPS] United Nations -- In Tawila, North Darfur State in Sudan, more than 1,180 cholera cases, including 300 cases in children, and at least 20 deaths have been reported since the first case was detected on June 21. Tawila has absorbed 500,000 internally displaced people who are escaping violence, many of them fleeing about seventy kilometers from the state capital of Al Fasher, making this rapid surge in cases a major...

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

China burning coal at record high levels in 2025 β€” report

China has expanded its use of coal energy more in the first half of 2025 than at any time in the past nine years. The spike comes despite massive renewable capacity and threatens climate goals.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)

Differences in Language on Taiwan Reflect Persistence of China-India Mistrust

According to the Chinese readout, the Indian foreign minister said that β€œTaiwan is a part of China.” However, Jaishankar’s opening remarks made no mention of Taiwan.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: The Diplomat favicon The Diplomat

The devastating global boom in narcotics

Demand for harmful drugs must be curbed in order to squeeze powerful cartels

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Listen: Von der Leyen or Draghi: Europe’s power and future under question

Is the tariff deal a smart compromise, or proof of Europe’s weakening influence?

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: EU Observer favicon EU Observer

Germany charges US citizen with spying for China

An American defense contractor is accused of offering military secrets to Beijing.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Politico Europe favicon Politico Europe

Europe urgently needs a remedy for the β€˜Brussels defect’

The EU must stop thinking it can turn thorny political controversies into solvable technical issues

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Financial Times - World favicon Financial Times - World

Hungary Denounced Ukraine’s Attacks on a Major Oil Pipeline

Hungary has issued a warning to Ukraine to cease interfering with its energy supply from Russia following attacks by Kiev on a crucial pipeline that delivers oil to Central Europe. RELATED: Russia Open to Being Flexible on Trump’s Peace Deal Proposals with Ukraine Ukrainian forces have targeted the Soviet-era Druzhba (Friendship) pipeline three times this […]

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Telesur English favicon Telesur English

Ethiopia: As Millions Remain Out of School, Amhara Region Plans to Register 7.4 Million Students for New Academic Year

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba- The Amhara Regional State Education Bureau has launched registration for the 2025/2026 academic year, aiming to enroll 7.4 million students, as millions of children in the region remain out of school due to persistent security challenges.

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: AllAfrica favicon AllAfrica

Indonesia and US begin joint annual military drills

As China is seen as a growing threat by the US, the exercises in Indonesia are said to aim to secure stability in the Asia-Pacific region. However, Beijing has accused the US of trying to create an "Asian NATO."

Published on: August 25, 2025 | Source: Deutsche Welle (DW) favicon Deutsche Welle (DW)