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RUSTENBURG: A general view of the 11C shaft at Impala Platinum mine on Nov 28, 2023. – AFP

Elevator in South African mine plunges, killing 11

JOHANNESBURG: An elevator carrying workers at a giant South African platinum mine plunged 200 meters killing 11 miners and injuring 75, the operators said Tuesday. Impala Platinum said the “devastating accident” happened Monday at its Rustenburg...

CASABLANCA: Thousands of Moroccans demonstrate on Nov 26, 2023 in Casablanca, calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the suspension of diplomatic ties with the Zionist entity. – AFP photos

Tens of thousands of Moroccans rally against normalization

CASABLANCA: Tens of thousands of Moroccans demonstrated Sunday in the country’s commercial capital Casablanca, calling for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the suspension of diplomatic ties with the Zionist entity. The fledgling rapproc...

FREETOWN: A Soldier with the Sierra Leonean military police greets a man along an empty road on Nov 26, 2023 as a national curfew was imposed following an armed attack. – AFP

Curfew partially lifted in Sierra Leone capital; calm restored

FREETOWN: Daily life began to resume amid a heavy security presence in Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown on Monday, as the government partially lifted a curfew imposed after armed clashes erupted in the city. Early on Sunday, armed assailants storme...

MAPUTO: Inmates diagnosed with Tuberculosis (TB) gather at an isolated cell in the maximum security prison of Maputo on Nov 6, 2023. – AFP photos

AI in Mozambique jails spawns new hope in TB fight

MAPUTO, Mozambique: A program using artificial intelligence to test inmates in a high security Mozambican jail for tuberculosis (TB) has spawned hope that the new tech can help eradicate the disease. Teeming prisons are a hotbed of TB, the world’s...

MONROVIA: People look on at the a burnt out remains of a car that rammed into a crowd of United party (UP) supporters as they celebrated the new President of Liberia Joseph Boakai’s election win. – AFP

3 dead after car rams supporters of Liberia’s Boakai

MONROVIA: Celebrations of Joseph Boakai’s presidential victory in Liberia were tragically muted after a car ploughed into a crowd of his supporters in the capital Monrovia, killing three people. The suspected driver has been arrested, police said ...

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This undated handout photo shows Hisham Awartani, Tahseen Ali and Kenan Abdulhamid, who were shot on their way to a family dinner. – AFP

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CAIRO: Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Planning and Development, Dr Khaled Mahdi addresses the fifth session of the Arab Council for Population and Development in Cairo.-- KUNA

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