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UN rights official warns of escalating evictions, settlement expansion in East Jerusalem

A senior United Nations (UN) human rights official has raised alarm over a surge in demolitions, evictions and settlement expansion in the occupied East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Silwan. 

SA scholar transport driver to appear in court after crash that killed 12 learners

The 22‑year‑old scholar transport driver involved in the tragic crash that claimed the lives of twelve learners in South Africa’s (SA) Gauteng province’s Vanderbijlpark is expected to appear in a local magistrate’s court on Thursday.

African tourism shows strong recovery

Tourism in Africa is steadily bouncing back

Egypt joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ initiative

Egypt has agreed to join United States (US) President Donald Trump’s newly formed “Board of Peace”

SA’s Nedbank to buy majority stake in Kenya’s NCBA for $856 million

SA Nedbank Group said this Wednesday it has offered to buy a 66% stake in Kenya’s NCBA

Malawi’s Chakwera seeks truce with President after opposition arrests  

Former Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera has appealed to President Arthur Peter Mutharika