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2 weeks, 5 days ago Business

How Mexican cartels turned South Africa’s farms into meth production hubs

Johannesburg, South Africa – In the quiet mining town of Swartruggens, a small courthouse is preparing to decide whether five Mexicans accused of a major illegal drug operation will be granted bail or remain in custody. Their arrests followed a raid on a remote farm in North West province, where po…

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3 weeks, 6 days ago Politics

How Nigeria’s ‘algorithmic apothecary’ fuels a surge in risky herbal cures

Abuja, Nigeria – Oke Bola thought a fertility supplement she found online might help her conceive. Instead, within days of taking it, she struggled to breathe. Her experience reflects a growing online trade in unverified herbal remedies promoted across social media. Bola (not her real name), who is…

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2 months, 4 weeks ago Politics

Iran footballers pay tribute to victims of school strike at start of war

The Iran men’s national team wore black armbands and posed with school rucksacks as the national anthem played before a match with Nigeria, to remember the victims of a strike on a primary school in Iran on the first day of the Middle East war. The air strike on the school in the southern Iranian c…

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2 months, 4 weeks ago Politics

Diop debut for Morocco adds latest twist in Senegal post-AFCON dispute

Amid the controversy over Senegal being stripped of the Africa Cup of Nations title and Morocco being declared winners, the international debut of Issa Diop proved something of an irony as well as a public relations coup. The Fulham defender was born in France and played for the country at the Unde…

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3 months ago Sports

Iran’s football team honours children killed in Minab school airstrike

Iran’s football team honours children killed in Minab school airstrike Iranian football players laid backpacks on a football pitch in Turkey to pay tribute to the children killed in a US-Israeli strike on Minab elementary school last month. The tribute came ahead of a friendly match against Nigeria.

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3 months ago Politics

‘Junk’: Faulty electronics from rich countries flood Nigeria with e-waste

Kano, Nigeria – On a bustling day in northern Nigeria, Marian Shammah made her way to the Sabon Gari Market, one of the largest electronics hubs in Kano state. The 34-year-old cleaner was in need of a refrigerator, but with rising costs and a meagre income, she saw the second-hand appliances sold a…

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3 months ago Politics

How does the current global oil crisis compare with the 1973 oil embargo?

The United States-Israeli war on Iran has caused the biggest oil disruption in history, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). The agency was founded in 1974 as a direct response to the 1973 oil embargo, which saw Arab nations, led by Saudi Arabia, cut production in response to Washing…

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3 months, 4 weeks ago Politics

What US military actions has Trump taken since returning to office?

Despite a second-term pledge to end US involvement in costly and destructive foreign wars, President Donald Trump has initiated a full-scale offensive to topple the Iranian government just more than a year after returning to office. The attacks on Iran, considered a violation of international law, …

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