Chad Williams

Multimedia Journalist, IOL News

African elections in 2022

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Picture: Stringer/REUTERS – Angola’s President and leader of the People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) ruling party, João Lourenço, casts his vote ...

Africa’s biggest photography library opens in Ghana

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Founded by Ghanaian photographer and film-maker Paul Ninson, the Dikan Centre houses more than 30 000 books he has collected.

Indian man dies while watching movie Avatar 2 in theatre

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The man, who has been identified as Lakshmireddy Srinu, went to a movie theatre in Peddapuram with his brother Raju to watch the film and collapsed in the middle ...

WATCH: Thai warship sinks, 31 sailors missing

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Rescue efforts continued on Monday as ships and helicopters were searching to rescue sailors from the water in the Gulf of Thailand after their navy ship sunk this ...

Two-year-old boy swallowed and spat out by hippo in Uganda survives

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A 2-year-old boy from Uganda was reportedly swallowed by a hippo and spat out again, after an onlooker pelted the animal with stones.

WATCH: Here’s why thousands of nurses are downing tools in the UK

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On Thursday, thousands of nurses across much of the UK went on strike, protesting over low pay and demanding better salaries and better working conditions.

Kenyan president’s daughter denies using public funds in ‘Office of the First Daughter’

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Kenya’s president William Ruto’s daughter, Charlene Ruto, has denied using public funds for personal use, saying that the ‘Office of the First Daughter’ is a private ...

WATCH: Born after January 2009? It is now illegal for you to buy cigarettes in New Zealand

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New Zealand authorities have passed a historic anti-smoking bill in Parliament on Tuesday, ultimately banning the sale of tobacco to anyone born on or after January ...

Our administration will be guided not by what we can do for Africa but what we can do with Africa - Vice President Kamala ...

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Speaking at the African and Diaspora Young Leaders’ Forum, US Vice President Kamala Harris said the Biden/Harris administration will invest their time and energy ...

Sandy Hook shooting 10 years on: We should have societal guilt for taking too long to deal with this problem, says Biden

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On Wednesday, US President Joe Biden marked the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in which on this day exactly 10 years ago, 20-year-old Adam Lanza shot ...

Another 27 migrant bodies discovered, this time in central Chad

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In another grizzly discovery barely a few days apart, the bodies of 27 migrants believed to have died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert, according ...

Ethiopian government to investigate deaths of 27 migrants in Zambia

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Zambian police found the bodies of the 27 men on Sunday in Chongwe Ngwerere, a farming area on the outskirts of the capital, who are believed to have suffocated ...

WHO names Dr Jeremy Farrar as its new Chief Scientist

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Global health authority the World Health Organization WHO on Tuesday announced the appointment of Dr Jeremy Farrar as its new Chief Scientist, the organisation said ...

Here’s what took place at the US-Africa Leaders Summit on Day 1

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All eyes will be on Washington DC this week as 49 African heads of state and and an AU delegation will meet in the US capital for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit ...

Zimbabwean president rewards his wife with a Doctor of Philosophy degree

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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa conferred First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa with an honorary doctorate from the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU).

Pandor to lead SA delegation to US-Africa Leaders Summit instead of President Ramaphosa, due to his ‘busy schedule’

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Minister Naledi Pandor will lead the South African delegation to the second US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC from December 13-15.

Zimbabwe’s president says power cuts will end in 2023

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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa says that his government will take extraordinary measures to ensure that Zimbabwe will not have any power shortages in 2023. ...

Zambian authorities make grisly discovery of 27 bodies dumped near farming area

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Zambian authorities have made a grizzly discovery of 27 bodies of the 27 individuals dumped in a farming area of Zambia are believed to Ethiopian migrants, according ...

Canada’s S-211 bill will not eliminate child labour slavery in the supply chains of Canada, says human rights activist

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Recently, Canada’s Bill S-211, the Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, came back from the standing committee unchanged.

JUST IN: Ramaphosa ditches Biden’s African Leaders Summit

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The Summit is scheduled to take place in Washington DC from December 13-15.

We’re spending $10 a day on fuel to keep the generator going, says frustrated Zimbabwean business owner

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Zimbabwe’s Kariba dam is running dry, which poses a devastating impact on electricity production as citizens battle with up to 19 hours of black outs almost daily. ...

Senegalese police are searching for MPs who slapped and kicked a woman MP during budget debate

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The scuffle erupted after opposition leader Massata Samb walked over and slapped legislature Amy Ndiaye Gniby in the face.

Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau director-general Martha Chizuma arrested

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Malawi Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) director-general Martha Chizuma has been arrested by Malawian authorities.

LOOK: German Vice-Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action visits CPUT

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CPUT Vice-Chancellor Professor Chris Nhlapo welcomed German Minister Dr Robert Habeck on his visit to the university’s South African Renewable Energy Technology ...