Home Affairs Withdraws Asylum Directive After Soweto, Durban Unrest The Department of Home Affairs has withdrawn a directive on the intake of asylum applications following violent anti-immigration protests in Soweto and Durban, where at least 24 vehicles were torched and foreign-owned businesses were looted. The directive was introduced after a July Constitutional Court ruling that allowed…
10 Quarantined After Kenya’s First Ebola Case Kenya is facing its first confirmed Ebola case after a man who travelled from the Democratic Republic of Congo died in a Nairobi hospital. Health officials have quarantined ten people who came into contact with him, while tracing 57 others who may have been exposed. Concern is…
Mali Army Retakes Kidal With Russian Support Mali’s army, backed by Russian paramilitary forces, has retaken the northern town of Kidal after Tuareg separatists announced a “strategic and controlled withdrawal” from the area. The Azawad Liberation Front said its forces withdrew without direct fighting, attributing the move to what it described as the disproportionate…
Nigeria Orders Probe into Tragic Ondo Military Plane Crash Nigerian authorities are investigating the crash of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft near a naval base in Igbokoda, Ondo State, which had 25 passengers and seven crew members on board. The aircraft was travelling from Benin to Lagos on a routine mission when it crashed into…
Tigray Rebels Withdraw From Mekelle as Fighting Intensifies Rebel forces in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region have temporarily withdrawn from the regional capital, Mekelle, as fighting with government forces moves closer to the city. The Tigray People’s Liberation Front said it relocated its fighters to reduce risks to civilians. The residents said that pro-government forces…
Oil prices rose on Thursday, reversing earlier losses, following a report that Chinese refiners have suspended October fuel exports, further squeezing war-constrained energy markets. International benchmark Brent crude with December expiry was last seen trading 2.2% higher at $100.15 per barrel, having earlier traded 1% lower, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures with November expiry…
Microsoft will host a specialized hardware and software event in San Francisco on October 7, focused on how local artificial intelligence processing will shape the next generation of personal computing. Coming several months after NVIDIA unveiled its RTX Spark system-on-chip for Windows, the presentation is expected to provide key updates on local model execution and…
Disney+ has launched a new app in South Africa and given existing subscribers until 12 October to move to it, after which the current app will no longer be available. Subscribers will be prompted to download the new app and sign in with their existing credentials, with on-screen prompts covering account confirmation and profile setup….
