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Former US President Obama joins NBA Africa as partner

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 28 09:04 AM

Former US President Barack Obama has joined NBA Africa as a strategic partner, advancing social responsibility efforts across the continent, the NBA announced on Tuesday. Read more »

Duterte admin's job creation lowest among presidents after Marcos: think-tank

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 26 10:58 AM

President Rodrigo Duterte will leave behind a legacy of a weak economy and lowest job creation among administrations after Martial Law if he would not acknowledge this in his final year, a think-tank said Monday. Read more »

‘Couldn’t leave her behind’: Mom throws baby to safety from burning building

Reuters
Updated as of Jul 15 08:31 AM

A girl, 2, survived unharmed after her mother threw her to safety as they escaped a burning high-rise building in the South African city of Durban during protests. Read more »

South African crowds rampage, hospital operations disrupted

Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Tanisha Heiberg, Reuters
Posted at Jul 14 06:56 PM

JOHANNESBURG - Crowds looted shops and offices in South Africa on Wednesday, defying government calls to end a week of violence that has killed more than 70 people and wrecked hundreds of businesses. Read more »

South African looters raid supermarkets, warehouses as riots escalate

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 13 09:32 PM

DURBAN - Looters ransacked warehouses and supermarkets in the South African port city of Durban on Tuesday despite the efforts of heavily outnumbered police.   Read more »

South enforces toughest curbs vs coronavirus in Seoul

Hyonhee Shin, Reuters
Posted at Jul 12 06:46 PM

SEOUL - South Korea recorded 1,100 new coronavirus cases for July 11, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday, as the country's toughest anti-COVID curbs take effect in Seoul in an attempt to quell its worst-ever outbreak. Read more »

Serye ng ABS-CBN na 'Sandugo,' namamayagpag sa Africa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jul 05 01:38 PM

Matatandaang ang serye na unang umere sa ABS-CBN noong 2019 ay kuwento ng dalawang magkapatid, na ginampanan nina Aljur Abrenica at Ejay Falcon, na nasa magkaibang panig ng batas.  Read more »

'FPJ's Ang Probinsyano' to air in 41 countries in Africa

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jun 30 11:25 AM

ABS-CBN's hit series "FPJ's Ang Probinsyano" is set to air in 41 countries in Africa starting this July on StarTimes PTV, the leading digital TV operator in the Sub-Saharan region. Read more »

UN draft climate report: economic impacts

Marlowe Hood, Kelly Macnamara and Patrick Galey, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 23 09:32 AM

Climate change is already taking a toll on the global economy, and forecasts predict worse to come by mid-century, according to a draft report by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), seen exclusively by AFP.  Read more »

Surgeons to reconstruct face of boy, 9, after Zimbabwe hyena attack

Maryke Vermaak, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 21 12:14 PM

Plastic surgeons in South Africa are preparing to reconstruct the face of a nine-year-old Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena in an attack last month. Read more »

Athletics: Semenya fails again in 5,000m Olympic qualifying bid

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 20 10:48 AM

South African athlete Caster Semenya missed out again on Saturday in Regensburg, Germany to qualify for the 5,000 metres at the Tokyo Olympics. Read more »

'I am alive again': Vaccinated South Korean grannies enjoy a splash

Hyun Young Yi and Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Jun 17 06:23 PM

SEOUL - Senior residents of a district in South Korean capital Seoul on Thursday enjoyed "aqua aerobics" - arm lifts and jogging in the water - as the local district government reopened public pools following the country's ramped-up vaccination drive. Read more »

More than 5 million COVID-19 cases in Africa, Agence tally shows

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 11:13 PM

Africa is now the only region where the COVID-19 pandemic is still on the rise, with a weekly increase of 30 percent, and it is at risk of a third wave of the disease.   Read more »

Pandemic surges in Africa as it slows elsewhere

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 12 05:30 AM

PARIS — Coronavirus cases continued to soar in Africa as they slowed elsewhere in the world for the sixth week in a row, throwing vaccine inequalities starkly into the spotlight. Read more »

COVID-19 crisis makes electricity too costly for millions in Africa, Asia

Beh Lih Yi, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Jun 07 01:10 PM

The economic toll from the COVID-19 pandemic has left more than 25 million people in Africa and Asia unable to afford electricity, threatening a global goal to provide power to everyone by 2030, international agencies warned on Monday. Read more »

South Africa extends nightly curfew as COVID cases surge

Reuters
Posted at May 31 06:38 AM

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa has extended its nightly curfew and limited the number of people at gatherings to slow the spread of COVID-19 as positive cases surge, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday. Read more »

Raid in Niger leaves eight dead: officials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 30 07:44 AM

At least four members of the security forces and four civilians died in a jihadist raid against the major town in southeast Niger, near the Nigeria border, local authorities said Saturday. Read more »

Community transmission of variants in NCR Plus? No official word yet from WHO, says DOH

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 28 04:42 PM

The Department of Health said Friday it was yet to receive an official statement from the World Health Organization regarding the community transmission of COVID-19 variants in the country. Read more »

Miss South Africa pageant opens to transgender entrants

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 05:00 AM

The historic move was widely and excitedly embraced on social media. "We all deserve favor and grace," a young male user tweeted. Read more »

‘I’m still trying to understand’: Miss South Africa in tears as non-placement breaks country’s 3-year streak

Miguel Dumaual, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of May 22 02:34 AM

A tearful Miss South Africa opened up on Friday about her heartbreak of not placing in Miss Universe early this week, snapping the three-year streak of her home country which has been an emerging as a pageant powerhouse. Read more »