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More than 100 nations attending a UN aid conference pledged this week to help defuse the ticking time bomb of developing countries’ ballooning debt, but deciding how is proving more divisive.”The debt burden is crippling the developing world,” UN chief Antonio Guterres told the conference in the Spanish city of Seville that reaffirmed support for …

UN aid meeting seeks end to Global South debt crisisTue, 01 Jul 2025 17:08:12 GMT Read More »

Jihadists waged attacks on military installations in several western Mali towns Tuesday, in a new series of assaults in the junta-led country amid resurging violence in the wider Sahel region.For more than a decade Mali has faced assaults from groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as separatist movements and criminal …

Jihadists wage string of attacks on Mali military sitesTue, 01 Jul 2025 16:38:47 GMT Read More »

Democratic Republic of Congo-born flanker Vincent Tshituka will make his Test debut for world champions South Africa against Italy in Pretoria on Saturday.  The Sharks flanker debuted for the Springboks in a 54-7 non-cap exhibition match win over the Barbarians last weekend and capped an impressive performance by scoring two tries.  “Vincent has fitted into …

Tshituka to make Test debut as Springboks change fiveTue, 01 Jul 2025 14:32:05 GMT Read More »

More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.The study in the prestigious medical journal The Lancet was published as world and business leaders met at a United Nations conference …

Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts: studyTue, 01 Jul 2025 14:22:21 GMT Read More »

In Africa’s turbulent Sahel region, the Al-Qaeda-linked JNIM jihadist group is expanding its influence by repeated massacres, food distribution and signing pacts with local authorities to position itself as a key political player.The Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) has not ruled out governing states and has condemned bloody attacks allegedly carried …

Jihadist group harbours political ambitions in troubled SahelTue, 01 Jul 2025 14:20:34 GMT Read More »

Jihadists attacked military installations in several towns in western Mali early Tuesday, in a new series of assaults in the junta-led country amid resurging violence in the wider Sahel region.For more than a decade Mali has faced assaults from groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as well as separatist movements and criminal …

Jihadists attack string of Mali military sitesTue, 01 Jul 2025 14:14:54 GMT Read More »

An Algerian court on Tuesday upheld a five-year prison sentence against dual-national author Boualem Sansal, whose case has strained ties with France.Sansal, 80, was first sentenced to five years behind bars on March 27 on charges related to undermining Algeria’s territorial integrity over comments made to a French media outlet.The appeals court confirmed the sentence …

Algeria court upholds writer Sansal’s five-year jail termTue, 01 Jul 2025 11:39:14 GMT Read More »

Suspected jihadists attacked military installations in several towns in western Mali early Tuesday, the military and residents said, in a new series of attacks in the junta-led country amid resurging violence in the wider Sahel region.For more than a decade Mali has faced attacks from groups linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State group as …

Suspected jihadists attack string of Mali military sitesTue, 01 Jul 2025 11:10:03 GMT Read More »

More than 14 million of the world’s most vulnerable people, a third of them small children, could die by 2030 because of the Trump administration’s dismantling of US foreign aid, research projected on Tuesday.The study in the prestigious Lancet journal was published as world and business leaders gather for a United Nations conference in Spain …

Over 14 million people could die from US foreign aid cuts: studyTue, 01 Jul 2025 09:22:48 GMT Read More »

In a hilltop village in Rwanda, residents watch intently as a small troupe of actors perform a play adapted from a best-selling French novel — written far away but echoing a story that is painfully close to home.”Small Country” tells the story of Gaby, whose carefree childhood is torn apart by civil war in Burundi …

Raw wounds and laughter as Rwanda genocide play taken to villagesTue, 01 Jul 2025 07:01:17 GMT Read More »