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The UN Security Council held its second informal straw poll on candidates for the next UN secretary-general. Denmark's UN ambassador, Christina Markus Lassen, confirmed the poll's conclusion, stating candidates would be informed confidentially. While no details of the vote were released, it is believed all eight candidates were on the ballot, with Council members voting "encouraged," "discouraged," or "no opinion expressed."

Hundreds of thousands of migrants undertake perilous journeys from Africa to Europe annually, often facing deadly risks across the Sahara Desert and Mediterranean Sea. Routes are fraught with harsh conditions, violence, exploitation, extortion, arbitrary detention, kidnapping, and forced labor. The International Organization for Migration has recorded over 2,000 deaths in the Sahara since 2014, with actual numbers likely much higher due to underreporting. Many resort to smugglers, while others attempt dangerous self-organized crossings. European efforts to curb migration have inadvertently increased the demand and prices for smuggling services, making them the 'big winners'. Experts suggest expanding legal pathways and regulated labor migration as safer alternatives to reduce reliance on dangerous routes.

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By Anushree Mukherjee HOUSTON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - International and U.S. crude futures rose on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened economic sanctions on Iran's trading partners,

JOHANNESBURG, Aug 21 (Reuters) - South Africa's biggest city Johannesburg has fully settled an overdue debt of 5.25 billion rand ($328 million) owed to state-owned power utility Eskom, the electricity

Veteran ANC politician Frank Chikane is expected to be announced as the ANC’s Johannesburg mayoral candidate on Saturday morning, despite reports that he has...

Aug 20 (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo has been allocated 70,000 doses of Merck's Ervebo vaccine for Ebola, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, as the country attempts to

National Coloured Congress (NCC) leader Fadiel Adams has accused the Independent Directorate for Anti-Corruption (IDAC) of altering an affidavit he says he submitted to...

Senior advocate Thandazani Griffiths Madonsela has hit back at President Cyril Ramaphosa’s suggestion that he could harbour a grudge against him after being replaced...

A farm outside Musina, Limpopo hid a drug operation big enough to flood the country with crystal meth, until Thursday evening. The Hawks, working with...