South Africa: Holiday warning as scam injuries surge
“The RAF does not compensate someone who intentionally causes a motor vehicle accident, even if this results in serious injuries,”Sourced from Africanews
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Year: 2024
Malaria cases surge in 2023, says WHO Report
“No one should die of malaria; yet the disease continues to disproportionately harm people living in the African region, especially young children and pregnant women,”Sourced from Africanews
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Birth registration increases, but 150 million children still ‘invisible’
A new report from the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reveals significant progress in ending the problem of the “invisible” millions of babies each year who go unregistered. Nearly eight in 10 children under five were successfully registered at birth in the last five years. Source UN News
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Naby Keïta heads to Hungary with Ferencvaros after being frozen out in Germany
The Guinean midfielder joined Bremen in June 2023 after five years at Liverpool but only played five games for the German team.Sourced from Africanews
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SA: Miguel Cardoso named new coach of Mamelodi Sundowns
Mngqithi’s departure follows Sundowns’ poor recent form, including two draws in the Champions League group stage and a shock loss in the South African League Cup final.Sourced from Africanews
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Live: Human Rights Day around the world
Human Rights Day, marked annually on 10 December, will focus on the theme Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now, and we will bring you to UN Headquarters in Geneva and New York and every region of the world, with dispatches from colleagues on the ground from Gaza and Georgia to Nepal and Nicaragua. UN News app users can follow our…
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France flies out 2 Mirage fighter jets from Chad to signal beginning of military withdrawal
France flew out the two Mirage fighter jets it had stationed in Chad on Tuesday, signalling the beginning of the withdrawal of its military forces from the former French colony in Central Africa that last month broke off its defense cooperation agreement with Paris.Sourced from Africanews
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At least 8 killed in building collapse in Cairo
The Health Ministry said in a statement that the collapse of the six-story building in Cairo’s western neighbourhood of Waili also injured three people, who were hospitalized.Sourced from Africanews
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World News in Brief: Haiti gang massacre, Taliban crackdown continues, Ukraine’s civilian death toll rises
At least 184 people, including 127 elderly men and women, were killed in Haiti’s Wharf Jérémie neighbourhood of Cité Soleil over the weekend, prompting strong condemnation from Secretary-General António Guterres. Source UN News
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Security Council hears of ongoing imperative to end violence in eastern DR Congo
The UN Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) briefed the Security Council on Monday on recent developments, including political disagreements over constitutional reform and escalating insecurity in the east. UN Africa News
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