Africa: Botswana Has Not Cut Off Electricity Supply or Closed Borders Amid Anti-Migrant Action in South Africa

Africa: Botswana Has Not Cut Off Electricity Supply or Closed Borders Amid Anti-Migrant Action in South Africa

Botswana has not cut off electricity supply or closed borders amid anti-migrant action in South Africa IN SHORT: As anti-migrant demonstrations continue to shake South Africa in May 2026, claims about neighbouring Botswana taking action are circulating online. But there is no evidence the country has closed borders or cut off electricity supply to South…

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Africa: Xenophobia – African Nations Threaten Retaliatory Action Against South Africa

Africa: Xenophobia – African Nations Threaten Retaliatory Action Against South Africa

Diplomatic pressure on South Africa is mounting as more African countries threaten retaliatory measures over renewed xenophobic attacks targeting foreign nationals, particularly Nigerians. While no government has officially announced a total closure of borders, threats of blockades, trade suspensions and heightened security checks are gaining traction across the region in what analysts and foreign policy…

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Football, Soulslike, and Sci-Fi action

Football, Soulslike, and Sci-Fi action

PlayStation Plus is delivering a diverse trio of titles this May, catering to fans of precision combat, sports simulation, and dark fantasy. All three games will be available for subscribers to add to their libraries starting May 5. Read: ASUS launches the dual-screen ROG Zephyrus Duo laptop The lineup is headlined by Nine Sols, a…

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Africa: Botswana Has Not Cut Off Electricity Supply or Closed Borders Amid Anti-Migrant Action in South Africa

Ghana: Minority Calls for Action Over Xenophobic Attacks On Ghanaians in South Africa

The Minority Caucus on Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee has called for urgent and decisive action following recent xenophobic attacks on Ghanaians living in South Africa. In a statement issued in Accra on April 29, the caucus expressed concern about what it described as a growing pattern of violence against foreign nationals, including Ghanaians, in areas…

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Africa: Efforts to Eliminate Hepatitis Delivers Gains but More Action Needed to Meet 2030 Targets

Africa: Efforts to Eliminate Hepatitis Delivers Gains but More Action Needed to Meet 2030 Targets

Global efforts to combat viral hepatitis are delivering measurable progress in reducing infections and deaths, but the disease remains a major global health challenge, according to a new World Health Organization (WHO) report released today at the World Hepatitis Summit. Viral hepatitis B and C – the two infections responsible for 95% of hepatitis-related deaths…

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Africa: Botswana Has Not Cut Off Electricity Supply or Closed Borders Amid Anti-Migrant Action in South Africa

Africa: Tobacco Harm Reduction in Action – What PMI’s 2025 Value Report Signals for Low and MiddleIncome Countries

As low and middle-income countries (LMICs) continue to shoulder a disproportionate burden of smoking-related disease, access to pragmatic, evidence-based harm reduction solutions is becoming an increasingly urgent public-health priority. Philip Morris International’s newly released 2025 Value Report offers an important snapshot of how tobacco harm reduction—through the accelerated adoption of smokefree products (SFPs)—is beginning to…

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Africa: Botswana Has Not Cut Off Electricity Supply or Closed Borders Amid Anti-Migrant Action in South Africa

Afreximbank Calls for Decisive Action to Transform Africa’s Cotton Sector and Drive Fairer Global Trade

African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), has called for urgent and coordinated multi stakeholder action to transform Africa’s cotton sector from a raw commodity export base into a competitive textile and garment industry. President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank, Dr George Elombi, made the call while addressing delegates at the recently…

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Africa: Botswana Has Not Cut Off Electricity Supply or Closed Borders Amid Anti-Migrant Action in South Africa

Africa: WHO Calls for Action – ‘Together for Health. Stand With Science.’ to Mark World Health Day

The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on people everywhere to renew their commitment to working together and supporting science as the twin engines driving better health, under the World Health Day 2026 theme: “Together for health. Stand with science.” The campaign marks the anniversary of WHO’s founding on 7 April 1948, launching a year-long…

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