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Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens
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Hunger stalks southern Africa as climate crisis deepens

Just under a year ago, Alice Posha fled her home in the middle of the night and then watched as…
Greta Thunberg puts Africa’s climate activists in media spotlight
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Greta Thunberg puts Africa’s climate activists in media spotlight

After a racism debate in Davos on the invisibility of African climate activists, Greta Thunberg held a press conference Friday…
Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger
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Africa starts 2020 battling extremism, Ebola and hunger

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A tragic airline crash with far-reaching consequences, cataclysmic cyclones that may be a harbinger of the future,…
South Africa still hobbled by abusive legacy of domestic work
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South Africa still hobbled by abusive legacy of domestic work

For three years, SiyamthandaDube lived in a shed outside the house where she cleaned, cooked and babysat for a family…
Sisi discusses boosting relations with South African president in Cairo
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Sisi discusses boosting relations with South African president in Cairo

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received on Tuesday the South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the presidential residence in Heliopolis,…
TB drug price slashed in global push to thwart killer disease
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TB drug price slashed in global push to thwart killer disease

French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi slashed the price of a key anti-tuberculosis drug on Thursday, boosting the battle against the world’s…
S.Africa ex-leader Zuma to face corruption trial
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S.Africa ex-leader Zuma to face corruption trial

South Africa’s scandal-plagued former president Jacob Zuma will face a corruption trial, a court ruled Friday, in one of multiple…
Royal baby Archie meets S.Africa’s Archbishop Tutu
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Royal baby Archie meets S.Africa’s Archbishop Tutu

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Wednesday took their four-month-old son Archie to meet Desmond Tutu in Cape Town,…
‘They don’t want us here anymore’: Foreigners flee S.Africa xenophobia attacks
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‘They don’t want us here anymore’: Foreigners flee S.Africa xenophobia attacks

Beverlyn Nyamakwenje was fast asleep in her home in the east Johannesburg township of Katlehong when she was woken by…
S.Africa, Nigeria beef up security after xenophobic attacks
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S.Africa, Nigeria beef up security after xenophobic attacks

South Africa and Nigeria stepped security on Wednesday after deadly attacks on foreign-owned stores in Johannesburg triggered reprisal assaults on…
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