Africa: 2026 Winter Olympics – Organisers Restock Condoms After Early Shortage in Athletes’ Village

Africa: 2026 Winter Olympics – Organisers Restock Condoms After Early Shortage in Athletes’ Village

Organisers were “not particularly generous” with the initial supply this year. About 100,000 condoms were reportedly made available to athletes, far fewer than 300,000 distributed at the Paris 2024 Games. Organisers of the 2026 Winter Olympics have replenished condom supplies in the Athletes’ Village following reports of an early shortage that drew global attention and…

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Smart village powers Limpopo amid SA’s digital divide

Smart village powers Limpopo amid SA’s digital divide

Electricity and energy minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa. A Limpopo village is set to receive a smart village micro-grid that will provide solar-powered electricity to rural communities through smart grids. The project will be launched on Friday by electricity and energy minister Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa at Madimbo Primary School near Musina. It aims to provide sustainable,…

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Landslide levels village in Sudan’s Darfur region, kills roughly 1,000 but one person survived, rebel group controlling area says

Landslide levels village in Sudan’s Darfur region, kills roughly 1,000 but one person survived, rebel group controlling area says

Cairo — A landslide wiped out a village in Sudan ‘s western region of Darfur, killing an estimated 1,000 people in one of the deadliest natural disasters in the African country’s recent history, a rebel group controlling the area said late Monday. The tragedy happened Sunday in the Tarasin village in Central Darfur’s Marrah Mountains…

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