Cubans stage rare protests demanding electricity,food
Havana – Cubans staged rare street protests Sunday over food and electricity shortages as the country suffered long outages... Read more
18 Mar
Hurricane Idalia intensifies as nears Florida
St. Petersburg — Hurricane Idalia intensified early on Wednesday as it hurtled towards northwest Florida, threatening “catastrophic” impacts including... Read more
30 Aug, 2023
Algeria to help Cuba as energy shortages bite
Algiers – Algeria said on Thursday it would restart energy supplies to Cuba and donate a solar plant to... Read more
18 Nov, 2022
60 years after Cuba crisis, nuclear war suddenly thinkable again
Washington – For 60 years, the Cuban missile crisis has loomed both as a frightening lesson on how close... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Italian tourist dies in Cuba’s first case of monkeypox
Havana – An Italian tourist with monkeypox, the first reported case in Cuba, has died, the country’s health ministry... Read more
23 Aug, 2022
No petrol, no cars: Cubans turn to electric transport
Santa Clara – There is a new sight on the streets of Havana: increasing numbers of electric vehicles whizzing among... Read more
22 Jun, 2022
Naledi Pandor: SA will donate food and medical supplies, not R50m in cash to Cuba
Cape Town – Department of international relations and cooperation (Dirco) Minister Naledi Pandor has reportedly said that South Africa... Read more
14 May, 2022
Cuba sentences protester to 5 years for ‘enemy propaganda’
Havana – A Cuban man who staged a rare protest over the detention of a dissident rapper has been slapped... Read more
31 Mar, 2022
‘Dear Cuba. About that R50m, we need it back!’ – Mmusi Maimane slams SA donation
Cape Town – One SA Movement leader Mmusi Maimane has criticised the South African government’s donation of R50 million... Read more
14 Mar, 2022
South Africans react angrily to govt’s plan to donate R50 million to Cuba
Cape Town – South Africans have reacted angrily to reports that the SA government plans to donate R50 million... Read more
3 Feb, 2022
