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DAKAR— Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from their taps, which mostly run dry. “We wake up at 4 or 5 am to get water,” says Sidy Fall, 44, in her kitchen in a working-class nei...

AbstractEvery year, disasters account for billions of dollars in crop production losses in low- and middle-income countries and particularly threaten the lives and livelihoods of those depending on agriculture. With climate change accelerating, this bu...

We welcome 37 000 more jobs in the Western Cape Too many people, especially young people, do not have jobs, or have given up looking...

JOHANNESBURG, The South African Cabinet has expressed confidence that this year’s SA Investment Conference (SAIC) will build on the country’s investment tally, as part of the nation’s drive to attract R1.2 trillion in investment over five years. Govern...

It is an honour to be celebrating South African National Day at Expo 2020, here in the wonderful city of Dubai. Under the theme, “Connecting Minds, Creating Future” this is an important platform for us to reboot the global economy after the difficultie...

ACCRA — Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo has lifted more COVID-19 prevention measures, such as wearing masks, and re-opened land and sea borders that were for the past two years closed to foot traffic. The loosening of pandemic restrictions has been w...

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden intends to propose a spending plan for the 2023 budget year that would cut projected deficits by more than...

TUNIS, — An International Monetary Fund delegation will arrive in Tunisia on Friday for talks with the government and other groups, a top trade union official said, as fears rise over the North African country’s risk of default.After meeting representa...