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News24 | Why Ghana walked away from a US health deal

Today at 19:03 PM, via News24

Talks between Ghana and the US over a bilateral healthcare deal have stalled, after Accra voiced concerns regarding sensitive data sharing. Several African countries have pushed back on the deals, while some have signed.

South Africa

Limpopo MEC urges road safety ahead of May Day rallies

Today at 15:49 PM, via SAnews

Limpopo MEC urges road safety ahead of May Day rallies

Limpopo MEC for Transport and Community Safety, Violet Mathye, has called on motorists, public transport operators and workers travelling to the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) May Day event to prioritise road safety, as traffic volumes are expected to spike over this long weekend.

The Cosatu national May Day...

South Africa

Manhunt on for attackers of Crime Intelligence officers

Today at 15:27 PM, via SAnews

Manhunt on for attackers of Crime Intelligence officers

Acting National Commissioner Lieutenant General Puleng Dimpane says maximum resources have been mobilised to hunt down a group of criminals who attacked two Crime Intelligence officers this afternoon in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

The attack on the Crime Intelligence officers happened in the Mount Edgecombe area.

A member who was...

Education

Kenya: State Funding to Public Universities Drops By Sh13bn

Today at 15:35 PM, via AllAfrica

[Capital FM] Nairobi — Public universities have recorded a sharp decline in government funding over the past three years, according to data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS).

Entertainment

24 hours in pictures, 30 April 2026

Today at 18:42 PM, via The Citizen

Through the lens: The Citizen’s Picture Editors select the best news photographs from South Africa and around the world.

Science/Tech

The Guardian view on Trump’s war on science: politicising a generation of researchers | Editorial

Today at 19:40 PM, via The Guardian

By attacking the basic settlement between scientists and the state, the US president has proved that experts can’t avoid these fights

Donald Trump’s war on science has been vicious and hugely damaging, but it is worth noting that he has lost some of its biggest battles. Last year, Mr Trump demanded that US federal scientific and medical research funding be cut by about half. But the budget...

Health

Trump Withdraws Nomination of Casey Means for Surgeon General

Today at 19:25 PM, via New York Times

Dr. Means’s nomination had stalled in part over her views on vaccines. The president said he was instead nominating Dr. Nicole B. Saphier, a radiologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.