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Think tank says UK economy is set to jump a spot by 2040. A group called the Centre for Economics and Business Research, or CEBR, forecasts Britain will become the world's fifth-largest economy, passing Japan. They predict the UK's total economic output will grow from under four trillion dollars...

US hits ISWAP in Nigeria with airstrikes. American forces from AFRICOM conducted strikes in northwest Nigeria's Sokoto state, targeting ISWAP fighters, according to a command statement. President Donald Trump claimed personal responsibility on Truth Social, calling the Christmas Day operation a...

UN rights chief calls out Guinea's pre-election crackdown. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, told Guinean authorities to stop intimidating people and open up the political space before the upcoming presidential vote. He cited severe restrictions and a climate of fear...

Dude, a religious killing has everyone rattled. The Indian government officially condemned the lynching of a Hindu man in Bangladesh, named Dipu Chandra Das, who was killed in the Mymensingh district. A spokesperson for India's foreign ministry, Randhir Jaiswal, called the persistent attacks on...

UN legal types are calling out a US naval blockade. Experts from the United Nations stated that American actions near Venezuela break international law. The situation involves a partial maritime blockade by the US against Venezuela, specifically targeting oil tankers. This started with the...

A Kenyan church celebrated Christmas by honoring a figure they call the Black Messiah. Thousands of Legion Maria members gathered in Nzoia in western Kenya for a ceremony on December twenty fifth, dressed in white robes and holding candles. The event centered on the birth of Baba Simeo Melkio...

A struggling Premier Soccer League club has hired a new head coach to avoid relegation. Durban City FC appointed Sinethemba Badela, formerly of Chippa United, to take over the team sitting in thirteenth place. The move follows the recent departure of Gavin Hunt after a series of poor results...

A Johannesburg official rejected the idea of negotiating with building hijackers, shifting focus to a massive housing shortage. Dr Mgcini Tshwaku, the EFF's Public Safety MMC, responded to criticism from former mayor Herman Mashaba by stating the city cannot reclaim hundreds of derelict inner...

Municipal workers in a North West town haven't been paid for months. Employees of the Ditsobotla Local Municipality are facing severe delays for their November and December salaries, continuing a pattern of payment failures throughout 2025. The municipality is crippled by massive debt, including...

A massive corruption trial involving a former mayor and millions in public money keeps hitting delays. The fraud and racketeering case against ex-eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, concerning a waste management tender valued at three hundred and twenty million rand, has been postponed again until...

Online scammers stole an insane two billion rand from South Africans last year. Losses from digital fraud across banking and shopping scams hit that staggering figure in 2025, with reported cases skyrocketing from around thirty one thousand to sixty four thousand. Common tricks include phishing...

Police found a huge pile of expensive weed during a basic traffic stop. Officers in Vredendal North, a town in the Western Cape, seized almost nine kilograms of high-grade cannabis from a vehicle, with an estimated street value of seven hundred and twenty thousand rand. Two Tanzanian nationals...

The ANC Youth League is demanding that the government treat mass youth unemployment like a flood or a pandemic. ANCYL President Collen Malatji reiterated the call for President Cyril Ramaphosa to declare the situation a national disaster, warning of potential social unrest and a profound loss of...

A suicide bombing inside a Nigerian mosque has killed multiple worshippers. A suspected attacker detonated an explosive device during evening prayers at a mosque in Maiduguri, Borno State, leaving at least five people dead and more than thirty-five injured. Emergency services transported the...

A major informal settlement fire has displaced hundreds in Cape Town right after the holidays. A destructive blaze swept through the Imizamo Yethu community in Hout Bay, destroying numerous homes and leaving close to two hundred residents without shelter. Disaster Risk Management teams and the...

A nasty pre-dawn hailstorm just wrecked a Free State township. Early morning severe weather caused major damage in Kwakwatsi, impacting Wards 16 and 17 within the Ngwathe Local Municipality near Koppies. Executive Mayor Councillor Victoria de Beer Mthombeni, alongside MMCs Councillor Moloi and...

The ANC says it's finally gonna fix your busted town. For 2026, the African National Congress under President Cyril Ramaphosa is prioritizing a turnaround for its poorly performing local municipalities, preparing for the upcoming local government elections, and pushing its internal renewal...

The DA spent a year trying to prove they can actually govern. In 2025, the Democratic Alliance under spokesperson Karaho Khakhau operated inside a Government of National Unity, a big shift from their usual opposition role. They pushed through a policy removing the value-added tax on some basic...

A murder investigation is underway in Kenya over a fatal Christmas Day bar fight. Police in Kirinyaga County are searching for a 40-year-old woman, Edith Muthoni, who allegedly stabbed and killed her 52-year-old lover, Peter Mwangi Wanyeki, at a shopping center in Ndia. Witnesses claim an...

A driver killed two people in a rolling terror attack across northern Israel. The assailant, a 37-year-old man from Qabatiya in the occupied West Bank, first ran over pedestrians in Beit She'an, killing a 68-year-old man and injuring a teenager. He then drove about eight miles west to near Ein...