News UN’s Western Sahara envoy meets with Polisario chief in Algeria Algiers – The UN’s new Western Sahara envoy met on Sunday with the leader of the pro-independence Polisario Front... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
World Three dead, six wounded in Abu Dhabi fuel tank blast: state media Abu Dhabi – Three people were killed and six wounded as a suspected drone attack blew up petrol tanks... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
Countries Cyril Ramaphosa fires warning shot after Minister Lindiwe Sisulu slams judges Johannesburg – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Monday reprimanded a senior minister after she attacked the constitution and said... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
World Texas hostage-taker named as British citizen as UK police arrest 2 COLLEYVILLE – The man who held four people hostage at a Texas synagogue was identified by US authorities as... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
Countries Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, symbol of Mali’s turmoil Bamako – Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, who died on Sunday aged 76, became the symbol of the... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
Sport Tennis star Djokovic lands in Dubai after Australia deportation Dubai – Tennis world number one Novak Djokovic landed in Dubai on Monday after his sensational deportation from Australia... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
World China’s birth rate at record low in 2021 Beijing – China’s birth rate plummeted to a record low last year, official data showed on Monday, as analysts warn... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso attack kills at least 10 civilians, says security source Ouagadougou – At least 10 civilians have been killed in an attack blamed on jihadists in northern Burkina Faso,... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
World Why thieves are snatching French bulldogs across the US Washington – The two thieves who brutally robbed 27-year-old Marieke Bayens at gunpoint on a California street were not... Read more 17 Jan, 2022
Business SA faces more load shedding as Eskom set to take Koeberg Power Station units offline Cape Town – Eskom says after more than 450 days of uninterrupted operation, Unit 2 of the Koeberg Nuclear... Read more 17 Jan, 2022