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Cubans Improvise Daily Life as Fuel Shortages Bite

Harrison Mason August 7, 2026

Cuba Afrik24 – A 20-minute burst of electricity is a small miracle in Havana nowadays — and it sometimes comes at 3 a.m. That’s when 72-year-old Leidis Rodríguez frantically cooked beans after the lights switched on following hours of uninterrupted blackouts. In the wake of

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Trump raises US refugee cap for white South Africans

Harrison Mason May 27, 2026

USA Afrik24 – United States President Donald Trump’s administration said it will admit an additional 10,000 white South Africans to the country as refugees this year. In a document dated 21 May, it said people of Afrikaner ethnicity are facing an unspecified “emergency refugee situation”. This, it said, was due to the “incitement of racially-motivated […]

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US Soldier Among Two Dead in Atlantic Cruise Outbreak

Harrison Mason May 4, 2026

Atlantic Afrik24 – Tragedy has struck a cruise vessel in the Atlantic as an outbreak of respiratory illness has claimed two lives, including an active-duty US soldier. Medical personnel on board are currently fighting to stabilize other symptomatic passengers while working to identify the specific pathogen responsible for the fatalities. Situation Report The loss of

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Diplomatic Shift Jolts Energy Markets as Trump Signals Potential Iran Breakthrough

Harrison Mason March 24, 2026

USA In a sudden pivot that has reverberated across global financial markets, President Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States is engaged in high-level discussions with a respected Iranian leader, suggesting that the Islamic Republic is eager to negotiate an end to the month-old conflict. Characterizing the dialogue as nearly perfect, the President […]

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Former Prince Andrew arrested by British police after revelations in Epstein files

Harrison Mason February 19, 2026

London Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formally known as Prince Andrew, has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office, the first member of the British royal family to be detained in modern times. The King’s brother was taken into custody in Norfolk on Thursday morning as part of police investigations into the former prince’s dealings with […]

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America completes first sale of Venezuelan oil

Harrison Mason January 15, 2026

USA The United States has completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, generating around $500 million, a US official said Wednesday, the first major energy transaction since Washington’s dramatic intervention in Venezuela earlier this month. The sale is part of a broader $2 billion agreement between the US and Venezuelan authorities, and officials say more […]

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D.C. Attack: Trump vows to freeze migration from Third World Countries

Harrison Mason November 28, 2025

USA U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his administration will “permanently pause” migration from all “Third World Countries”, following the death of a National Guard member in an attack near the White House. The comments mark a further escalation of migration measures Trump has ordered since the shooting on Wednesday that investigators

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EU sanctions top Sudan paramilitary chief over Darfur abuses

Harrison Mason November 21, 2025

EU The European Union imposed sanctions on a top leader of Sudan’s paramilitary group over “grave and ongoing atrocities” by his forces in the more than two-year war with the Sudanese army, including in the western Darfur region where they captured the army’s last stronghold last month. The measures announced Thursday against Abdel-Rahim Hamdan Dagalo […]

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How Fox News informed Trump on killings of Christians in Nigeria

Harrison Mason November 4, 2025

Nigeria President Donald Trump was heading to Florida on Friday, watching Fox News, when he saw the network run a story on how Christians were being targeted by Islamic groups in Nigeria, two sources familiar with the matter told Sky News Africa. The president was “immediately” angered by it, one of the sources said, and […]

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Trump tells Pentagon to immediately resume testing US nuclear weapons

Harrison Mason October 30, 2025

USA U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the U.S. military on Thursday to immediately resume testing nuclear weapons after a gap of 33 years, minutes before beginning a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump made the surprise announcement on Truth Social while he was aboard his Marine One helicopter flying to meet Xi for a […]