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Egypt: Four dead in train crash

Four people were killed and 23 wounded after a passenger train slammed into the buffers at a station north of Cairo, the Health ministry announced Wednesday. The crash took place Tuesday in the city of Qalyub. Authorities say the driver had overshot the station and run into the buffers at the end of the track […]

New Setback for Polisario Proponents at European Parliament

Polisario proponents at the European Parliament have suffered a new setback with the rejection of an amendment to include a new aid to the Algerian-based separatist group in the 2017 EU draft budget. Three extreme left MEPs presented the amendment to add 150 million euros in support of the Polisario sugarcoating their arguments with defending […]

Google Wallet launches in SA amid booming digital payments usage in Africa

Alphabet Inc launched its Google Wallet in South Africa on Tuesday (23 August), after rival Apple Inc introduced its Apple Pay mobile payment system in the country last year — a sign that the tech giants try to gain a foothold in the continent’s rapidly growing digital payments space. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the […]