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Pope warns crowd in Africa of risk of radicalization
Pope warns crowd in Africa of risk of radicalization
Pope Francis continues his first trip to Africa after arriving in Kenya Wednesday. He met with priests at St. Mary's School in Nairobi and gave Mass at the University of Nairobi. He also met with Muslim and Christian leaders and said the two faiths must work together...
Butler-Turner headed to South Africa for conference on statelessness
Shadow Minister of Labour and Social Development Loretta Butler-Turner travels to Cape Town, South Africa today to attend the Conference on Statelessness and Gender Equality jointly hosted by the United Nations High Commission on Refugees, the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the Parliament of South Africa.
Miss Heritage Bahamas 2015 Kylie Butler leaves for South Africa
NASSAU, Bahamas: Miss Heritage Bahamas, the beautiful Kylie Butler, left yesterday, November 9th, 2015 for Johannesburg, South Africa to compete in the Miss Heritage Global Pageant. The Miss Heritage Global serves as a platform to promote Heritage exchange amongst the participating Queens and promotes and preserves World Heritage, implementing UNESCO World Heritage convention to achieve the Millen...
High Commissioner of South Africa Pays Courtesy Call on the Governor General
Her Excellency Manthu Joyini, High Commissioner of the Republic of South Africa to the Caribbean, paid a courtesy call on Her Excellency Dame Marguerite Pindling, Governor General.
Gruner: Bahamas, South Africa share unique bond
Gruner: Bahamas, South Africa share unique bond
On October 20, 1985, during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Lyford Cay, former Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling led the charge as chairman of the meeting and persuaded the group to agree to what is known as the Nassau Accord, which outlined a renewed approach to increasing pressure and sanctions on South Africa's then minority apartheid government.
Tropical storm Fred forms off east coast of Africa
Tropical storm Fred forms off east coast of Africa
TROPICAL Storm Fred, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed in the far eastern Atlantic Ocean near the coast of Africa on Sunday morning.
Tropical storm Fred forms off west coast of Africa
Tropical storm Fred forms off west coast of Africa
TROPICAL Storm Fred, the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season, formed in the Atlantic Ocean near the west coast of Africa on Sunday morning, the US National Hurricane Centre has reported...
IOC awards 2018-2024 broadcast rights in Middle East and North Africa
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that, following the completion of a tender, the beIN MEDIA GROUP (beIN SPORTS) has been awarded the exclusive broadcast rights in the Middle East and North Africa for the XXIII Olympic Winter...
'Only one service calling at Freeport Container Port comes from South Africa'
OF THE 75 to 80 vessels calling monthly at the Freeport Container Port, only one service comes out of South Africa, representatives of international health organisations and the Ebola Task Force were told by port officials during their weekend tour of the transshipment facility to observe safety protocols.
Whether it is Ebola or natural resources, Africa is the genesis of civilization
In some western media news reports, Africa is always portrayed as the Dark Continent with backward people, but with the present spread of Ebola on the continent, there is a great health concern globally. The so-called advanced, civilized countries cannot function economically without the natural resources from Africa. Therefore, if the Ebola virus spreads throughout the entire African continent, t...