Here is where things stand on Sunday, December 21: Fighting The death toll from a Russian missile attack on Ukraine’s port city of Odesa rose from seven to eight, with at least 30 others wounded, according to Ukrainian authorities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the situation in Odesa as “harsh” and accused Russia of trying…
Fighting between Cambodia and Thailand has entered its fifth day, with Cambodia accusing the Thai military of continued shelling and Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul confirming that he is scheduled to speak with United States President Donald Trump. Thai forces allegedly carried out new attacks in three Cambodian provinces in the early hours of…
The decision by the United States government to retreat from public recognition of World AIDS Day, and to withhold the release of its annual HIV data, is being treated globally as a political earthquake. But World AIDS Day was not created in a US government office and it does not depend on a White House…
South Africa, Eswatini and Zambia were to begin on Monday administering a groundbreaking new HIV-prevention injection in the drug’s first public rollouts in Africa, which has the world’s highest HIV burden. Lenacapavir, taken twice a year, has been shown to reduce the risk of HIV transmission by more than 99.9 percent, making it functionally akin…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, extends his congratulations to the Government and people of the Central African Republic on the occasion of their Independence Day. On this historic occasion, the African Union honors the valiant struggle of the people of Central African Republic, whose steadfast pursuit of freedom and…
As World AIDS Day is marked around the globe, rapid scientific progress is being overshadowed by funding shortfalls and weakened health systems that are putting the global fight against HIV at risk. The global fight against HIV/Aids has found itself at a troubling crossroads. On one hand, scientific progress is picking up pace; on the…
The CAF African Schools Football Championship WAFU-A qualifiers kicked off on Thursday, 27 November with a thrilling day of action across two venues — the Gambinos Star Africa Complex and the GFF Technical Training Centre in Yundum. With a coveted place at next year’s continental finals on the line, all participating nations entered the opening…
Cell C’s share price moved sharply higher on its second day of trade on the JSE on Friday, closing 12.7% up at R31, as investors continued to digest the mobile operator’s long-awaited listing. Cell C Holdings listed on the JSE’s main board on Thursday under the share code “CCD” following a secondary share sale by…
American astronomer-turned-medical physicist and now NASA astronaut Chris Williams joined two Russian cosmonauts aboard a Soyuz ferry ship Thursday for a Thanksgiving Day flight to the International Space Station. With commander Sergey Kud-Sverchkov at the controls of the Soyuz MS-28/74S spacecraft, flanked on his left by flight engineer Sergey Mikaev and on the right by…
World Toilet Day reminds us that safe sanitation is fundamental to human health and dignity. In every community, a toilet protects people from disease, safeguards our environment, and underpins social and economic development. Yet today, 3.4 billion people still live without a safe toilet. Each year, 1.4 million people die due to inadequate access to…
