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2 months ago

Armoured fighters storm Denmark’s Spøttrup Castle for IMCF world championship

Nearly 600 armoured fighters from 30 countries have gathered at Denmark's Spøttrup Castle for the International Medieval Combat Federation (IMCF) World Championship, turning one of Scandinavia's best-...

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2 months ago

Sierra Leone: How Sierra Leone's Traditional Textiles Are Weaving a Modern Fashion Economy

[Bird Story Agency] Sierra Leone's traditional textiles are being reimagined into a modern fashion economy, as designers like Frederica Williams preserve heritage while building a thriving local indus...

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Labour Update

2 months ago

Workplace burnout will persist without meaningful organisational change

In a society where research shows that more than one in three South African employees experiences excessive daily stress and over 70% of workers report being disengaged or actively disengaged at work,...

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2 months ago

South Sudan: Arms Smuggling - a Key Threat to South Sudan's December Elections

[ISS] South Sudan's fragile transition is increasingly shaped by forces beyond its borders that drive illicit arms flows into the country.

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Labour Update

2 months ago

Africa: AU, U.S. Envoy Discuss Aussom's Future Amid Funding Uncertainty

[Shabelle] Mogadishu -- The head of the African Union Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) met the acting U.S. ambassador to Somalia in Mogadishu to discuss the mission's future as it...

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2 months ago

After an Ebola centre was attacked, peacekeepers moved in next door

A new mobile UN peacekeeping base in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has allowed local authorities to continue responding to the fast-moving Ebola outbreak there after violence disrupted th...

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Risk Alert

2 months ago

In El Obeid, Sudanese women face drones by day, rape by night, to reach water

In El Obeid, women and girls now face an impossible choice over something as basic as a bucket of water: risk a drone strike by collecting it in daylight, or risk rape by waiting until dark. 

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2 months ago

South Africa's president wins bid to temporarily halt impeachment inquiry over 'Farmgate'

Ramaphosa has faced scrutiny following the theft of large sums of cash from his private farm in 2020.

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Labour Update

2 months ago

Collapse after landslide: Starmer’s fall may not be the last before 2029 UK election

In the turbulent landscape of British politics, Keir Starmer’s fall was painful to watch. As Labour faces an uncertain future, will Andy Burnham’s ambitious promises be enough to restore stability bef...

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2 months ago

South African court pauses President Cyril Ramaphosa's impeachment process

The president had sought to stay the inquiry pending a legal review of a report finding he had a case to answer in the 'Farmgate' scandal.

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Risk Alert

2 months ago

“I’m an African”: Why MTN says migration matters to South Africa’s digital future

For a company that has built its growth on connecting Africans across borders, those developments have become impossible to ignore. Mupita deliberately framed his own migration story as part of MTN's...

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Legislation Update

2 months ago

Ghana: Amnesty Renews Call for Passage of Anti-Witchcraft Bill

[Ghanaian Times] Amnesty International has renewed its call on the government to pass the Anti-Witchcraft Accusations Bill, six years after the lynching of 90-year-old Akua Denteh at Kafaba in the Sav...

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