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Over 67,000 South Africans Want To Move To US After Trump's Refugee Offer
- Mar 20, 2025 14:57 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Over 67,000 South Africans have shown interest in relocating to the United States after Washington offered to resettle Afrikaners facing alleged racial discrimination
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Opinion | Sudan Is Staring At A Second Partition, Thanks To Two Warlords
- Mar 19, 2025 13:33 pm IST
- Mahesh Sachdev
In a testimony to the UN Security Council last week, the UNICEF chief disclosed that the ongoing conflict has evolved into the world's most severe humanitarian emergency, affecting 30 million individuals, two-thirds of Sudan's population
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Interpol Issues Notice As Search Continues For Indian-Origin Student
- Mar 17, 2025 10:07 am IST
- Edited by: Pushkar Tiwari
The International Criminal Police Organization, also known as Interpol, has issued a global alert in search of an Indian-origin student, Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing in the Dominican Republic.
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France Launches Manslaughter Probe Against Oil Giant Over Mozambique Attack
- Mar 15, 2025 16:44 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
French prosecutors said Saturday they had opened a manslaughter investigation against oil giant TotalEnergies following a bloody 2021 attack in Mozambique.
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Why PM Modi's Mauritius Visit Is Important And How It Has A China Link
- Mar 11, 2025 21:39 pm IST
- Edited by: Anushree Jonko
Mauritius, strategically located in the western Indian Ocean, is home to a significant population of Indian origin, accounting for nearly 70% of the island's 1.2 million residents.
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This Forest In Africa, About The Size Of Mexico Is Largest Dry Woodland
- Mar 06, 2025 14:23 pm IST
- Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Most of us, as early as in our school days, learnt about the Amazon being the largest rainforest in the world. But there's another forest, about the size of Mexico, in Africa, covered with tropical grasslands, savannas and shrublands.
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Children As Young As One Raped In Sudan, Says UN
- Mar 04, 2025 13:27 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
UNICEF said the scale of child rape in war-ravaged Sudan was far more widespread than just the documented cases and urged all sides to end sexual violence as a war tactic.
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Why An African Nation Is Sending Samples To "Doomsday" Vault In The Arctic
- Feb 25, 2025 19:40 pm IST
- Edited by: Abhishek Chakraborty
- (with inputs from Reuters)
Sudan, a country bordering Egypt in northeast Africa has decided to send crop samples to the "doomsday" vault in a remote Norwegian island in the Arctic. These genetic samples are of food crops seeds. But why is Sudan doing this?
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Bodies Of 28 Migrants Found In Mass Grave In Libya
- Feb 10, 2025 00:11 am IST
- Edited by: Anushree Jonko
According to the attorney general's office, the raid was executed late Saturday, targeting a gang that had been depriving migrants of their freedom and subjecting them to cruel treatment.
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"On Brink Of Catastrophe": 80 Killed In Southern Sudan Violence, Says UN
- Feb 06, 2025 16:56 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
The United Nations warned Thursday that two southern Sudan states were "on the brink of catastrophe" after a recent eruption of violence reportedly killed at least 80 people in one city.
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Opinion | A Major Battle Is Brewing In Africa. Can India Catch Up?
- Feb 06, 2025 16:48 pm IST
- Anil Trigunayat
It is quite likely that Moscow and Beijing might align their strategies in the continent. This is a recipe for a massive geostrategic contestation with the West as the Africans seek to crystallise their quest for unity.
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Kenya Airways Passenger Throws Used Sanitary Pads At Staff Over Onboarding Denial
- Feb 05, 2025 20:50 pm IST
- Edited by: Anjali Thakur
The woman who was travelling from Lagos to Manchester (via Paris), threw used sanitary napkins at ground staff after learning she didn't have the required visa.
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Video: Chaos Erupts In Ghana's Parliament As MPs Push Each Other, Break Furniture
- Feb 02, 2025 19:39 pm IST
- Edited by: Sanstuti Nath
Chaos erupted in Ghana's parliament this week, where lawmakers clashed violently, destroying furniture and engaging in physical altercations. The altercation happened during a session to vet new ministerial appointments on Thursday.
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Largest Hindu Temple In Southern Hemisphere Opens In South Africa
- Feb 02, 2025 19:37 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
The largest Hindu temple and cultural complex in the southern hemisphere was unveiled in Johannesburg Sunday with scores of worshippers participating in a ceremony to mark the occasion.
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NDTV Explainer: 2 Generals At Centre Of World's Worst Humanitarian Crisis
- Feb 02, 2025 12:32 pm IST
- Written by: Srishti Kapoor
Drone strikes, severely hit infrastructure, widespread starvation, thousands dead and millions displaced - the toll of the civil war in Sudan continues to mount with each passing day.
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20 Killed, Including 1 Indian, In Plane Crash In South Sudan
- Jan 29, 2025 19:14 pm IST
- Agence France-Presse
A plane has crashed in the north of South Sudan killing at least 20 people, leaving only one confirmed survivor, Unity State's minister for information said Wednesday.
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Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger Officially Leave West Africa's Main Political Bloc
- Jan 29, 2025 16:40 pm IST
- Posted by: Divyam Sharma
Junta-led countries Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso officially left West Africa's main political and trade group ECOWAS on Wednesday after more than a year of diplomatic tensions.