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If you’ve ever tried to build something new, really new, you know that innovation isn't only about what's possible. Often, it’s about what’s allowed.
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China marked the Spring Festival with lion and dragon dances at the Badaling Great Wall on 19 February 2026. The shows formed part of New Year celebrations linked to the Year of the Fire Horse.
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[263Chat] In a fresh legal blow to Walter Magaya, the High Court of Zimbabwe has ordered the embattled Prophetic Healing and Deliverance leader to repay US$3 million to an Israeli businessman dismissing his attempt to use local exchange control laws to void the debt.
[263Chat] The City of Harare has confirmed a fresh outbreak of bedbugs locally known as tsikidzi in several apartment blocks in Mbare and surrounding areas.
Kenya, 15 January 2026 — Wikipedia, the world's largest online information resource, turns 25 today, marking a quarter century of making trustworthy,
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed Madagascar's President Michael Randrianirina to the Kremlin on Thursday, pledging to deepen bilateral ties across multiple sectors and collaborate on international platforms.
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The MP was arrested this month after mocking the president's handling of the recent floods in the country.
The youngest son of former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe was in police custody Thursday following the shooting of a gardener at the family's Johannesburg home, as South African police launch an attempted murder investigation.
After 35 days of rain, France battles major floods, evacuations and power cuts while forecasters say rivers will keep rising despite drier weather ahead.
[Leadership] Survivors of a gas explosion at a mining site in Zurak community in Wase local government area of Plateau State have called on the federal and state governments to come to the aid of the widows and orphans of the 37 persons who died as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning while working underground on Tuesday.
[New Times] When Selva Nesar arrived with her family in Rwanda from Afghanistan, she was unable to hear and unsure of her future. Today, her story has helped launch a cochlear implant programme that is transforming lives and positioning Rwanda as a leader in inclusive hearing healthcare.
[Leadership] The Kaduna State Government has handed over rescued 204 kidnap victims to their respective local government area chairmen for reunion with their families.
[SAnews.gov.za] Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has authorised Rand Water to abstract additional water from the Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) as part of urgent interventions to stabilise Gauteng's strained water supply network.
[DW] Kenya's intelligence service says 1,000 Kenyans had been lured into fighting for Russia in Ukraine. Moscow denies the allegations.
[Premium Times] Expenditures were made outside legislative approval, several arms and departments of the Edo government under Governor Monday Okpebholo.
[Premium Times] The SSS agent explained how his team tracked down one the defendants in the Owo massacre trial through the suspect's phone.
[GroundUp] Why the "commodities boom" has made a difference
[GroundUp] Thousands of claims against SAPS cost R620-million in 2024/25
[GroundUp] Musa Mbundwini, a welder dismissed by Transnet for dishonesty and fraud, has spent eight years defaming the company
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