Iran denies plotting to kill US diplomat in SA

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh has dismissed a report claiming that Iran was plotting to kill the US ambassador to South Africa, Lana Marks.
Five mixed-race women have sued the Belgian government
Mixed-race Congolese women sue Belgium for separating them from their families
Five mixed-race Congolese women have sued the Belgian government for forcefully separating them from their families when the European country administered Congo as a territory.
Women and children are among those known to work in DR Congo's informal mines (file photo)
DR Congo gold mine collapse leaves 50 feared dead
Rescuers are digging through rubble after a gold mine collapsed in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving about 50 people feared dead.
Salah continued his fine run of finding the net at the first opportunity in a tough game
Salah makes Liverpool history on opening day of Premier League season
Mohamed Salah made Liverpool history with his opening goal of the 2020-21 season against Leeds on Saturday.
Black Stars striker, Jordan Ayew (middle)
Jordan Ayew sparks 2020/21 Premier League season with a blistering performance
Ghana striker, Jordan Ayew started his 2020/21 Premier League season with a blistering performance, completing the most dribbles in Crystal Palace’s clash win over Southampton on Saturday September, 12.
The abduction in 2014 caused international outrage
Chibok students sit exams for first time since abduction
Students in the Nigerian town of Chibok have been taking secondary school exams there for the first time since more than 200 girls were abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.
China's CRRC is the world's largest train manufacturer
South Africa halts deal with world's biggest train maker
South Africa's rail freight company Transnet has suspended business dealings with the Chinese train manufacturer CRRC, over contract disputes, but it may have to reverse that ban to get its locomotives repaired.
Liberia is now an observer at the African Union
Liberia loses membership at African Union: Owes $1.6 Million
The Republic of Liberia has lost her full membership rights at the African Union, is now an observer at the African Union, one without a voting right, from being a founder to a shocking rejected stone, one who understood the purpose for which the organization was founded.
Carcasses of 39 dolphins washed up on shore in Mauritius after the oil spill (Reuters)
Mauritius bans fish sales from polluted lagoon
Mauritius' fisheries ministry has banned the sale and consumption of fish and seafood caught in a south-eastern lagoon after samples from the area returned positive tests for traces of hydrocarbons.
Protests were held at the end of August (Reuters)
Call to investigate lethal force used on Libyan protesters
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling for an investigation into the lethal force used by armed groups in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, against protesters, and the subsequent apparent disappearance of some of them.
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