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Power outages disrupt services at Gauteng Health facilities

Gauteng Health spokesperson Steve Mabona says backup generators are being used

  • Gauteng health facilities face power outages due to severe weather.
  • Johannesburg District, including Eyethu Yarona and Diepsloot clinics, most affected.
  • Backup generators used while technical team restores power systems.

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Ethiopia: Drought Returns to Devastate Tigray's Abergelle Yechila

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Severe drought has "killed thousands of livestock and left over 4,000 hectares of farmland" without satisfactory yields in Abergelle Yechila district in the Central…

  • Severe drought devastates Abergelle Yechila district in Tigray, Ethiopia.
  • Over 4,000 hectares of farmland and thousands of livestock perish.
  • FAO requests $50 million to aid 4.66 million people facing food insecurity.

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‘The right to stay’: Albania’s Italian diaspora sails back to support the Flamingo Revolution

‘The right to stay’: Albania’s Italian diaspora sails back to support the Flamingo Revolution Submitted by Dalia Ismail on Wed, 08/12/2026 - 14:30 Organisers in Italy connect the Albanian protest movement to the Palestinian cause as part of a wider struggle against land dispossession A flamingo sculpture with a Palestinian keffiyeh and an…

  • 30-day Flamingo Revolution protests Albania's luxury developments
  • Italian-Albanian collective Mesdhe leads the solidarity movement
  • Parallel drawn to 1990s mass migration from Albania to Italy
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