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SALVADOR — Despite contrasting results in their opening games, Uruguay and Nigeria both approach today’s encounter between the sides in Salvador knowing defeat could spell the end of their Confederations…
Malema unfazed by ex-allies’ comments
Johannesburg — Expelled ANC Youth League leader Julius Malema is unfazed by not getting support from his former allies in the league in his new political formation. “That’s to be…
Huge protests sweep Brazil for second night
TENS of thousands of people have taken to the streets of several Brazilian cities for a second night of largely peaceful protests over poor public services, high prices and corruption.…
Less activity at Mandela hospital
Pretoria — Fewer police officers were manning the entrances of the Pretoria hospital where former president Nelson Mandela was spending a 12th day yesterday. Three officers stationed at each entrance…
Three killed as gunbattle erupts at UN compound in Mogadishu
AT least three people have been killed as Somali and African Union forces have regained control of a United Nations compound in the Somali capital Mogadishu, after an hour-and-a-half long…
Afghanistan suspends security talks with US
The Afghan government has announced that it is suspending security negotiations with Washington because of the United States’ “inconsistent statement and action” over the Taliban peace process. The move yesterday…
Armed gang kills 48 in Nigerian raid
Kano — An armed gang has raided a northern Nigerian village and killed 48 people in an apparent reprisal attack targeting a local vigilante group, a state official said yesterday.…
Any solution must bring down Assad: rebels
Beirut — Syria’s main opposition bloc said yesterday it will fight on to topple President Bashar Assad, and that any political solution to the conflict must lead to the fall…
US issues SA crime warning
Johannesburg — A warning issued to tourists by the United States says Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban, and Cape Town are “critical crime threat spots”, The New Age reported yesterday. The warning…
Thai monks arrested in child sex scandal
Bangkok — Thai police said yesterday they had arrested two monks for procuring a 14-year-old boy to perform sexual acts with an abbot, in the latest scandal to shake the…