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            <title>White Cross Project turns to Union Buildings after Washington vigil</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following what it describes a success of its White Cross Project in the US, Afrikaner group Lex Libertas announced it aims to bring the same demonstration to South Africa in a set it up on the lawns of the Union Buildings in Pretoria. The organisation is scheduled to meet with White House representatives on Monday to discuss the next steps of its international campaign. The announcement follows a two-day event in Washington, where attendees gathered to witness a display of 3 000 white crosses, which Lex Libertas sys  commemorates a victim of farm murders in South Africa. The vigil served as the grand finale of the White Cross Project’s US tour and drew campaign supporters, farm attack victims and their families, officials from the White House, the US Department of State, and other various government sectors.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>Trump administration to admit primarily Afrikaners under new refugee proposal</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Trump administration plans to set a refugee admissions ceiling of 17 500 over the next 12 months consisting "primarily" of South Africans from the country's white Afrikaner ethnic minority, according to a notice sent to Congress on Tuesday. US President Donald Trump has claimed Afrikaners face persecution based on their race in the Black-majority country, allegations the South African government has denied. Trump paused all US refugee admissions when he took office in January 2025, saying they would only be restarted if it was in the country's best interests. Weeks later, he launched an effort to bring in Afrikaners, sparking criticism from refugee advocates who decried the exclusion of people of other nationalities fleeing persecution and violence.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>South African journalist released after days of detention in Djibouti</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African investigative journalist and Africa coordinator at the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) Micah Reddy is safely on his way home after being detained by authorities in Djibouti for several days. Reddy’s family confirmed the development in a statement on Tuesday, expressing relief following a period of silence from Djiboutian officials.]]></description>
            <author>Thabi  Shomolekae</author>
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            <title>Ceuta border crisis fuels EUs far right despite fall in migrant arrivals, commissioner says</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Images of migrants crossing into Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta have fuelled support for far-right parties despite a sharp decline in irregular arrivals in Europe following tougher migration policies, EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner said on Friday. More than 72 000 people surged into the enclave from Morocco at the end of July, although most later left. Spain estimates 12 000 migrants remain in the tiny territory, including minors. "We have the decreasing numbers, but images from Ceuta, of course, overshadow the actual successes and the actual facts and figures," Brunner told Reuters in an interview. He said these images "fuel the far right", which was why "it is so important to return those people as soon as possible to show that we have control."]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>US gives UN more time to end support for Somalia peacekeepers</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The United States has agreed to give the UN another year to wind down its support for African peacekeepers in Somalia, a document showed - a move that gives some breathing space to a force that was fearing quicker cuts, but still leaves its future in peril. Reuters reported in July that Washington - increasingly frustrated with the fragile administration in Mogadishu - said it would block the UN from supporting the African Union force which props up the government and helps it fight al Qaeda-linked militants. Analysts have warned that any weakening of the African Union peacekeepers would severely undermine the government there and could exacerbate the political turmoil in a combustible region bordering the Red Sea.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>World Bank Group appoints chief economist</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[World Bank Group president Ajay Banga has announced that Nobel laureate Michael Kremer has been appointed World Bank Group chief economist and senior VP for development economics, with effect from October 1, bringing one of the world’s foremost development economists to lead the institution’s research, data and analytical agenda. “I am pleased to welcome Michael to the World Bank Group. He joins us at a time when the world needs bold solutions to its most urgent development challenges, including creating jobs that meet the aspirations of more than 1.2-billion young people reaching working age in the coming decade. “Michael has spent his career not just identifying what works in development but proving it at scale – and that is exactly the kind of thinking we need,” says Banga.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <title>Rubio announces US visa curbs for some foreign nationals from South Africa</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Tuesday the US was announcing a new visa restriction policy targeting some foreign nationals from South Africa as President Donald Trump's administration continues to cool ties with the country. The Trump administration has criticised South Africa over a range of issues including actions aimed at addressing racial inequality that Trump claims hurt the African nation's white population.]]></description>
            <author>  Reuters</author>
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            <title>WTO says global trade system at critical juncture, urges reform</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The World Trade Organization on Tuesday urged its members to reform global trade rules or risk a slide into fragmentation that could significantly reduce economic output and hit poorer countries hardest. In its annual report, the Geneva-based global trade body said existing rules have struggled to keep pace with shifts in economic power, the rise of industrial policy, digital trade and escalating political tensions between major powers. The warning comes after the WTO's 166 members failed to reach agreement on a reform package at a ministerial meeting in Yaounde, Cameroon, in March, before relaunching talks in Geneva on issues including decision-making, dispute settlement and the challenges posed by subsidies and state intervention.]]></description>
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