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Renewed fighting in DR Congo as regional powers step up ceasefire efforts | Conflict News
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Renewed fighting in DR Congo as regional powers step up ceasefire efforts | Conflict News

Rwanda-backed M23 rebels battle pro-government fighters in North Kivu and South Kivu province after regional mediators hold truce talks. Rwanda-backed M23 rebels and...

What Musk and Trump describe is not the South Africa I know and love | Opinions
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What Musk and Trump describe is not the South Africa I know and love | Opinions

As a white South African man now living in the United States, I am acutely aware of the oversized role played by Elon...

Are Ethiopia and Eritrea hurtling towards war? | Conflict News
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Are Ethiopia and Eritrea hurtling towards war? | Conflict News

Tensions are again mounting between longtime foes Ethiopia and Eritrea over Addis Ababa’s quest for maritime access, causing fears of yet another conflict...

South Sudan on brink of renewed civil war, UN warns | United Nations News
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South Sudan on brink of renewed civil war, UN warns | United Nations News

Building tension and violence threatens to unravel the peace deal that halted ethnic conflict in 2018. South Sudan is on the brink of...

HIV and AIDS deaths could increase globally amid US aid freeze, UN says | HIV/AIDS News
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HIV and AIDS deaths could increase globally amid US aid freeze, UN says | HIV/AIDS News

US President Donald Trump put almost all US foreign aid on hold upon taking office. There could be 2,000 new HIV infections a...

From South Africa to the US, white victimhood knows no borders | Donald Trump
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From South Africa to the US, white victimhood knows no borders | Donald Trump

On March 3, Tucker Carlson, an American political commentator popular among MAGA conservatives and the global far right, held an odd and disturbing...

Video: South African ambassador welcomed home after expulsion from US
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Video: South African ambassador welcomed home after expulsion from US

Supporters greeted South Africa’s ambassador to the United States as he returned home after being expelled from the US.

Mapping the human toll of the conflict in DR Congo | Interactive News
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Mapping the human toll of the conflict in DR Congo | Interactive News

EXPLAINER Ongoing violence and instability, including fighting by M23 rebels, has forced millions to flee their homes in Democratic Republic of the Congo....

‘Callous’: Are Malian troops and Russian mercenaries attacking civilians? | Military News
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‘Callous’: Are Malian troops and Russian mercenaries attacking civilians? | Military News

Grainy camera footage showed them lying still in the blistering heat of the desert – six or seven bodies, maybe more. Wet, red...