Taking healthcare to the sick: South Africa’s travelling ‘health train’ is threatened by systemic corruption
When the train began in 1994, many Black people in South Africa still lived in rural villages with little access to health facilities. It was a period of change in the country. The train began as an eye clinic, but it soon became clear that needs were greater than that.
Taylor Swift wins big at MTV Video Music Awards on a day she endorsed Kamala Harris, US marked 9.11
Taylor Swift’s awards haul brings her to a career total of 30, tying her and Beyonc for the title of most-awarded musician in VMA history. Eminem is now the male artist with the most VMAs, at 14.
Sudan and UAE trade accusations over 17-month war, with Khartoum claiming paramilitary is being armed by Abu Dhabi
Sudanese Ambassador Al-Harith Mohamed accused the UAE of providing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), known as the RAF, with heavy weapons, missiles and ammunition – and of “profiting from this war through the illegal exploitation of gold.”
Trump’s false claims about immigrants are ‘eating the dogs’ heightens Haitian Americans safety fears
Donald Trump’s Tuesday remark that “they’re eating the dogs, the people that came in, they’re eating the cats” is the latest in a long line of lies about immigrants that have defined his political career. It followed a similar false claim spread by his running mate, US Senator JD Vance of Ohio, on social media about Springfield’s new residents.
Sexual abuse, including rape, rocks US spy agency CIA but hushed as ‘national security’ issue
Florida Republican Marco Rubio, vice chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said that lawmakers will continue to “hold agency leaders accountable” after pushing for reforms in the CIA’s misconduct reporting process.
Strike at Kenya’s main airport causes flight delays, cancellations as workers press for lease deal revocation
The Kenya Airports Authority, which is responsible for managing the airport, said minimal operations at JKIA had resumed by 7:00 am (0400 GMT) and it was engaging with relevant parties to normalise the situation.
Adani fraud: Flights grounded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest award of tender to Indian firm
The Kenya Airports Authority said in a statement that it was “engaging relevant parties to normalise operations” and urged passengers to contact respective airlines to confirm flight status.
Torrential rain pounds Nigeria, causes dam collapse and flooding that’s swept deadly reptiles into, towns villages
The dam collapse is compounding a humanitarian crisis in Borno over the past decade due to the activities of Boko Haram insurgents. The insurgency, which has spilled across borders around Lake Chad, has killed more than 35,000 people, displaced 2.6 million others in the country’s north-east region.
Mali turns into ‘meat grinder’ for Wagner whose elite fighters were butchered in Sahel that’s upset Russia’s Africa campaign
By cross-referencing public information with online posts from relatives and fighters, speaking to seven relatives and using facial recognition software to analyse battlefield verified footage, the news agency was able to identify 23 fighters missing in action and two others taken into Tuareg captivity after the ambush near Tinzaouaten, a town on the Algerian border.
How Central Africa Republic has become staging ground for America and Russia battle for influence in Africa
Moscow aggressively expanded its military cooperation by using mercenaries like Wagner, who have operated in at least half a dozen countries since around 2017. They’re tasked with protecting African leaders and in some cases helping fight rebels and extremists.
