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One Year After Load Shedding Ended, South Africa Battles a New Electricity Crisis

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Twelve months ago, South Africans breathed a cautious sigh of relief as the last episode of load sheddingu2014planned power cuts that could extend beyond 12 hours a dayu2014ended on May 15th, 2025. Today, while the national grid is demonstrably more stable, a new and in some ways more intractable problem has taken its place: widespread […]

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Uganda Cracks Down on Human Trafficking and Cyber Fraud, Detains 231 Foreign Nationals

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Ugandan authorities have detained at least 231 foreign nationals in a two-day crackdown on illegal migration and suspected criminal activity, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Tuesday. The operations targeted a group of Nigerians living in northern Uganda and a separate group of foreigners found living in a restricted apartment complex in Kampala. Those

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South Africa Deploys Military to Cape Town Townships as Crime Reaches Breaking Point

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South Africa’s government has deployed soldiers to some of Cape Town’s most violent townships following a surge in organized crime that has overwhelmed the South African Police Service and left communities living in a state of near-constant terror. The intervention, announced in early April 2026, marks the latest in a long line of ad hoc

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Four Children Killed in Brutal Nursery School Attack in Kampala, Uganda

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Uganda is reeling from a horrific security breach at a nursery school in Kampala, after a 39-year-old man allegedly entered the Gaba Early Childhood Development Centre, posed as a parent, and fatally stabbed four children aged between two and three years old. The attack, which occurred on Thursday, has sent shockwaves through the Ugandan capital

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South Africa Deploys Military to Cape Town Townships in Battle Against Crime and Gangs

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South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa launched Operation Prosper in February 2026 — a military deployment targeting the gang-ridden, crime-scarred townships of Cape Town and surrounding provinces. Three months on, the operation has produced modest results, sparked fierce debate about civil liberties, and exposed the deep structural failures that have allowed organised crime to take root

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South Africa’s Top Cop Felled by $20 Million Corruption Scandal: National Police Commissioner Faces Fraud Charges

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South Africa’s National Police Commissioner, Fannie Masemola, has been charged with corruption and fraud in connection with a $20 million procurement scandal involving a state health contract, the Independent Directorate Against Corruption (IDAC) announced this week. Masemola, who assumed the top police role in 2023, is accused of facilitating the award of a health sector

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South Africa’s Top Cop to Appear in Court Over 20 Million Dollar Corruption Scandal

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South Africa’s Top Cop to Appear in Court Over $20 Million Corruption Scandal South Africa’s National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has been summoned to appear in court next month alongside a dozen senior officers, over a murky R370 million ($20 million) health tender that has sent shockwaves through the country’s law enforcement establishment. Prosecutors

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