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Joint Statement on Warning to Pharmacists About Diverted HIV Medicines Being Sold on Online Pharmacy-to-Pharmacy Platforms
5+ hour, 51+ min ago (38+ words) Digital Journal Joint Statement on Warning to Pharmacists About Diverted HIV Medicines Being Sold on Online Pharmacy-to-Pharmacy Platforms...
Russia joins Chinese, Iran warships for drills off South Africa
5+ mon, 2+ week ago (936+ words) A Russian warship arrived off South Africa's main naval base Friday to join Chinese and Iranian vessels for military exercises that risk further damaging Pretoria's relations with Washington. The exercises draw together several nations feuding with the US administration and…...
Chagos Islands: international dispute and human drama
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (1042+ words) We cover conferences, summits, roundtables and industry events across the country. Pre-event, on-site, and post-event editorial that reach the leaders who weren't in the room. Britain agreed to return the Chagos Islands to Mauritius in May 2025 " a move described by…...
S. Africa government holds urgent talks over anti-migrant tensions
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (380+ words) South African government ministers held urgent talks Monday to address tensions over illegal migration as protesters again demanded that undocumented foreign nationals be made to leave the country. Citizen-led groups that accuse illegal migrants of crime and taking jobs from…...
Five things to know about South Africa's anti-migrant protests
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (843+ words) Anti-immigrant protests are flaring again in South Africa, with vigilantes threatening to remove undocumented migrants by June 30, reviving a politically charged issue in a country battered by economic hardship. Waves of xenophobic violence, including in 2008 when dozens were killed, reflect…...
Ghana delays evacuation of 800 citizens from South Africa
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (456+ words) Ghana said Thursday it has delayed the evacuation of more than 800 of its citizens from South Africa after a viral video showing the alleged assault of a Ghanaian man triggered outrage. The footage showing the attack on Emmanuel Asamoah, a…...
Argentine scientists lay first traps in hantavirus hunt
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (348+ words) Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Argentina's Ushuaia on Monday laid the very first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying the disease, AFP journalists observed. The MV Hondius cruise ship, where a hantavirus outbreak on…...
Zimbabwe tobacco hits new highs under smallholder contracts
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (788+ words) Rows of green tobacco plants stretched towards the bush in a vast field of a crop that has rebounded to record levels in Zimbabwe, driven largely by smallholders contracted to Chinese firms. A few dozen aspiring tobacco farmers inspected the…...
What do Argentine scientists know about hantavirus so far?
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (628+ words) The Andes strain of hantavirus typically circulates via rodents, but human-to-human transmission such as the outbreak aboard the MV Hondius is not impossible either. Three infected people died on the cruise ship that set sail from Ushuaia in the southern…...
South Africa court clears way for Zuma's arms graft trial
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (395+ words) A South African court ruled Thursday that a long-running arms deal corruption case against former president Jacob Zuma and French defence giant Thales can proceed, rejecting bids to delay the trial. The case stems from a 1990s $2 billion arms deal to…...