ACCRA— About 5,306 terror-related attacks took place in West Africa in three years, claiming over 16,726 lives, thousands of injuries and millions displaced and living under austere circumstances.Dominic Nitiwul, Ghana’s Minister of Defence, also said …
Day: May 8, 2022
Sea Point constable succumbs to injuries sustained in shooting incident at Somerset Hospital in Cape Town
Following a shooting incident that occurred inside Somerset Hospital on Saturday evening, a 32-year-old police constable from Sea Point police station who was shot and seriously injured, has sadly succumbed to injuries sustained.The death of the police…
Man grabs gun from cop, kills two patients in South Africa hospital
CAPE TOWN— A man on Saturday wrested a gun from a policeman, went on a rampage and shot dead two patients inside a South African hospital, police said.He also seriously wounded the police officer from whom he seized the firearm in Cape Town.The “patien…
Man grabs gun from cop, kills two patients in South Africa hospital
CAPE TOWN— A man on Saturday wrested a gun from a policeman, went on a rampage and shot dead two patients inside a South African hospital, police said.He also seriously wounded the police officer from whom he seized the firearm in Cape Town.The “patien…
Hit by Russia-Ukraine conflict, Africa faces ‘unprecedented’ crisis: UN
GENEVA— Africa faces an “unprecedented” crisis caused by the Russian invasion of Ukraine, particularly with soaring food and fuel prices, United Nations officials said.The conflict and Western sanctions on Moscow are disrupting supplies of wheat, ferti…
More than R357m to improve water quality at recreational vleis over three years
The City of Cape Town’s draft budget for the next three years aims to invest more than R300 million for remediation of three vleis and R57 million to assist with improving infrastructure-related water quality in our vleis. This investment is part of co…