FULL LIST: Nigeria missing as Skytrax names best African airports of 2024
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Cape Town International Airport in South Africa has been named the continent’s best airport for 2024. Read More
At least four dead after record-breaking rainfall in UAE this week
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Four people died in the United Arab Emirates after record-breaking rainfall caused heavy flooding this week, officials have said. Read More
Lethal heatwave in Sahel worsened by fossil fuel burning, study finds
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The deadly protracted heatwave that filled hospitals and mortuaries in the Sahel region of Africa earlier this month would have been impossible…
The West African Sahel is becoming a drug smuggling corridor, UN warns, as seizures skyrocket
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Drug seizures soared in the West African Sahel region according to figures released Friday in a new U.N. report, indicating the conflict-ridden region…
Squatters slowly filter out of Gordon Ramsay’s pub
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Squatters slowly emerged from a Gordon Ramsay pub on Friday after lawyers secured a High Court order for the possession of the premises. Read More
Ketamine bladder: Special clinics as youth addiction 'explodes'
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Experts are warning of an alarming increase in bladder issues among young people due to chronic ketamine use. Read More
NCDC holds emergency meeting as unknown disease spreads to Sokoto, Zamfara
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The Director-General, Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Jide Idris, held an emergency meeting with the Commissioners for Health from…
‘It was absolute chaos’: Eight Nigerian nationals arrested for attacking SAPS officers, vandalising police station and cars
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The South African Police Service (SAPS) said eight Nigerian nationals have been arrested in Kimberley after they attacked police officers and damaged…
Zimbabwe frees prisoners, including those sentenced to death, in an independence day amnesty
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty…
Scientists uncover missing link between junk food and cancer - which could explain explosion of tumors in young people
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Scientists believe they have uncovered a missing link between how eating junk food increases the risk of cancer. Read More