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Pope calls for 'law and justice' on Equatorial Guinea visit
8+ hour, 1+ min ago (780+ words) Pope Leo XIV is due to arrive in Equatorial Guinea at midday Tuesday Leo will have to strike a more delicate balance from his earlier, pointed calls for social justice and human rights The pope left Angola on Tuesday morning…...
World's oldest penguin' celebrates 38 with fish-topped cake
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (299+ words) Spneb the penguin, believed to be the oldest of its kind in the world celebrates turning 38 with a cake topped with it's favorite fish. (Paradise Park via SWNS) A penguin believed to be the oldest in the world has celebrated…...
Botswana seals energy, mining deals with Oman
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (307+ words) Botswana President Duma Boko visited France last week Botswana has signed energy and mining exploration agreements with Oman as it seeks to deepen economic ties with the sultanate, the presidency said. The Southern Africa nation has been courting Gulf states…...
Musk's father seeking Russian refuge for S. African farmers
1+ week, 7+ hour ago (647+ words) Errol Musk, father of tech billionaire Elon Musk, regularly visits Russia The father of tech billionaire Elon Musk is working on a project to provide refugee status in Russia for South African farmers, he told AFP on Tuesday, in a…...
UK to shelve Chagos handover after Trump criticism
1+ week, 3+ day ago (451+ words) Displaced Chagos islanders have led legal challenges for years over their expulsion Britain is shelving its plan to hand back the Chagos Islands -- which hosts the strategic Diego Garcia US-UK military base -- according to a government spokesperson Saturday, following strong…...
Cambodian deported by US faced 'misery' in Eswatini prison
2+ week, 19+ hour ago (822+ words) Cambodian Pheap Rom Rom was deported to Eswatini under a US scheme challenged in courts and described by rights advocates as akin to 'human trafficking' A Cambodian refugee long-settled in the United States, ex-convict Pheap Rom, remains bewildered at how…...
Global mohair supply flourishes in South Africa's desert
3+ week, 4+ day ago (691+ words) Angora goats, which originated in ancient Turkey, first arrived in South Africa in the 19th century Mohair is used in knitwear, often blended with wool South Africa accounted for 56 percent of global production of mohair in 2024 Angora goats thrive on the…...
South Africa disinvited from G7 in France
3+ week, 5+ day ago (654+ words) It was during that G20 in South Africa that French President Emmanuel Macron personally invited President Cyril Ramaphosa (R) to take part in the G7, Pretoria recalled The G7 summit will be held in the French town of Evian South Africa said Thursday it…...
Talks towards international panel to tackle 'inequality emergency' begin at UN
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (462+ words) The new IPI body was recommended in a G20 report authored by US economist Joseph Stiglitz Talks towards creating a new international panel to address extreme wealth disparities, modelled on the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), opened in…...
Pope lines up trips to Central Africa, Algeria, Spain, Monaco
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (518+ words) (The Center Square) " Despite ongoing antisemitism in the U. S. , including on col" Stock markets in Asia and Europe reached record highs Wednes" Pope Leo XIV is a vocal defender of migrants Pope Leo XIV will visit four African nations in April,…...