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SA farmers alarmed as broken redline fence heightens foot‑and‑mouth disease risk

Livestock farmers in South Africa’s (SA) Niani, near the Limpopo River on the border with Zimbabwe, say they are increasingly anxious about the deteriorating state of the redline fence, which they rely on to protect their animals from disease. 

MC Alger’s Champions League exit was sealed long before Sundowns defeat: Mokwena

Algeria’s MC Alger coach Rulani Mokwena says his team’s CAF Champions League elimination was not decided by Saturday’s 2–0 defeat to South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, but by earlier missed opportunities in the group stage.

Save the Children urges immediate end to child recruitment by armed groups in DRC

International humanitarian organisation Save the Children has called for an urgent end to the recruitment and use of children by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

WHO urges vigilance after detection of new recombinant Mpox strain in UK, India

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for continued genomic surveillance after the detection of a newly identified recombinant Mpox virus containing genetic material from two known strains.

Women entrepreneurs hailed as drivers of global economic transformation at Bahrain forum

Women entrepreneurs must be recognised as the architects of economic transformation rather than beneficiaries of it.

Guterres urges urgent global reforms, calls exclusion of Africa from UN Security Council “indefensible”

The United Nations (UN) Secretary‑General António Guterres has called for sweeping reforms of global governance institutions.