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South African flash flood death toll keeps rising – Video

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The death to in the flash floods and mudslides across South Africa’s port city of Durban, the capital of Kwazulu-Natal province, following heavy rains, has risen to 70 with emergency service workers predicting the death toll can keep rising.

As at Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed the number of deaths have gone up from the 45 earlier confirmed on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the Department of Cooperation and Traditional Affairs said “the death toll could rise, “we are still gathering information from the emergency services.”

Several video footages shared on social media platforms by private rescue workers and paramedics shows flooded city highways, submerged cars and collapsed houses.

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Video: Nigerian govt, labour union release terms of negotiation over fuel subsidy removal

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In this video, Femi Gbajabiamila, Nigeria’s Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was recently appointed as President Bola Tinubu’s Chief of Staff, read out the resolution between the Federal Government of Nigeria and the organized labour —the Trade Union Congres and the Nigeria Labour Congress —over the removal of fuel subsidy following the suspended industrial action.

Gbajabiamila revealed that the parties had resolved to continue negotiations towards finding a mutually beneficial resolution.

Following the decision by Nigeria’s new administration to end subsidies on petroleum products, the NLC last week announced a plan to embark on a nationwide strike on Wednesday. The planned strike has now been suspended.

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Video: Russian diplomat, Lavrov insists new global order emerging

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In this video, the Russian Foreign Affairs Minister, Sergey Lavrov who is currently at a summit with counterparts from the BRICS bloc talks about the changes in the international system which makes the pursuit of national interest attainable for all in the system.

“A more just, polycentric international order is taking shape” Lavrov said.

It should be noted that Russia has backed several African countries that has taken diplomatic stances against the global-south, notably the United, France and Britain.

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