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Police to probe Zuma’s daughter over South Africans fighting for Russia in Ukraine

23 Nov 2025

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) -South African police said on Sunday they will investigate Duduzile Zuma-Sambudla, a daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma, and two others for their alleged role in luring 17 men to fight for Russia in Ukraine. The probe follows a formal request from Zuma-Sambudla’s half-sister, Nkosazana Bonganini Zuma-Mncube, for authorities to …

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Tunisians escalate protests against Saied, demanding return of democracy

23 Nov 2025

By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of Tunisians marched in the capital on Saturday in a protest against “injustice and repression”, accusing President Kais Saied of cementing one-man rule by using the judiciary and police. The protest was the latest in a wave that has swept Tunisia involving journalists, doctors, banks and public transport systems. …

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Rugby-Springbok hooker Malcolm Marx named World Player of the Year

23 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -South Africa hooker Malcolm Marx was named World Rugby Men’s 15s Player of the Year on Saturday, the fourth Springbok to claim the individual award, his success coming seven years after he was first nominated. Marx took the award ahead of Springbok teammates Pieter-Steph du Toit, a twice winner, and Ox Nche, as well …

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More than 300 taken from Nigeria school in one of worst mass abductions

22 Nov 2025

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -More than 300 children and staff are thought to have been abducted from a Catholic school in Nigeria this week, one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded there. The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said on Saturday it had raised its estimate of those taken from St Mary’s School in Niger …

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Explainer-What’s behind Nigeria’s latest school kidnappings, church attack?

22 Nov 2025

By MacDonald Dzirutwe and Ben Ezeamalu LAGOS (Reuters) -Nigeria is under renewed global scrutiny after gunmen abducted more than 300 students from a Catholic school in the northwest, the second major attack this week following a deadly assault on a church service. The incidents have piled more pressure on the Nigerian government following U.S. President …

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Gunmen in Nigeria kidnap over 200 Catholic school students, Christian association says

22 Nov 2025

By Ahmed Kingimi and Ben Ezeamalu MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) -Gunmen in Nigeria kidnapped at least 227 students and teachers at a Catholic school in the northwest on Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) said, the latest in a spate of school attacks this week that has forced the government to shut 47 colleges. Friday’s …

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World leaders pledge $11 billion to fight AIDS, malaria and TB, short of target

21 Nov 2025

By Nellie Peyton and Jennifer Rigby JOHANNESBURG/LONDON (Reuters) -A global health initiative that works to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria raised $11.34 billion at an event in Johannesburg on Friday, below its target for work from 2027-2029. The Geneva-based Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is trying to raise $18 billion for its work …

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Nigerian court jails separatist leader Kanu for life over terrorism

21 Nov 2025

By Camillus Eboh ABUJA (Reuters) -A Nigerian court on Thursday sentenced separatist leader Nnamdi Kanu to life in prison after convicting him on all seven terrorism-related charges at the end of a decade-long trial that has inflamed tensions in the country’s southeast. Judge James Omotosho said prosecutors proved that his broadcasts and orders to his …

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