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WATCH: Uniglobe Carefree Travel president Jamie Milton shares her Africa travel experience and deal of the day to South Africa in March 2026.

At least 11 people, including a three-year-old boy, were killed Saturday when a trio of gunmen opened fire at an illegal bar in the South African city of Pretoria, police said. A manhunt in now underway for the suspects. Another 14 people were wounded during the incident in the Saulsville township, according to police. They...

  World leaders posed together for a family photo on Saturday after the first session of the G20 summit, hosted by South Africa, drew to a close. The summit is taking place on African soil for the first time, and the leaders adopted a declaration addressing the climate crisis and other global challenges, which was drafted without...

Even though U.S. President Donald Trump is absent, he has dominated the first hours of the G20 summit in South Africa, the first ever to be held in an African country. Trump’s ultimatum to Ukraine to accept a Russian-backed peace plan to end the war forced Ukraine’s key G20 allies, including Canada, to huddle on...

Canada and South Africa are discussing a new agreement to boost bilateral trade and investment between the two countries. The partnership is being called a gas-for-wine deal that would see more South African wine on Canadian shelves in exchange for liquified gas. Nivrita Ganguly has this story and more in Business Matters for Nov. 18,...

Fresh from narrowly surviving a confidence vote, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney hit the road Tuesday evening, setting off to participate in the G20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa. David Akin reports that this summit looks very different and not just because it’s in South Africa.

This week’s segment of Science News Now dives into a record-breaking asteroid discovery, new evidence of early poison weapons in South Africa, and genetic clues from Brazil’s super-centenarians. Researcher-programmer Donna Francis, from the Ontario Science Centre, joins Miranda Anthistle to explain these breakthroughs.

Yemen’s ongoing conflict continues to raise questions about its origins, the role of regional powers, and the future of its political landscape. Farea Al-Muslimi, a research fellow with Chatham House’s Middle East and North Africa Programme, joins Miranda Anthistle with insight into how the fighting evolved, why key regions matter, and how global involvement is...

Nigeria’s government says it cooperated with the United States in airstrikes targeting Islamic militants in the country’s northwest. The Christmas Day attack hit sites in the northwestern Sokoto State. U.S. President Donald Trump says the strikes were aimed at the so-called Islamic State – which he claims is primarily targeting Christians in Africa’s most populous...

Former heavyweight boxing champion Anthony Joshua was led away from a car following a fatal accident which claimed two lives on Monday in Nigeria. The 36-year-old British boxer sustained minor injuries in the crash. He was reportedly on holiday in Africa and has family roots in Nigeria.

From the Great Lakes to New York, a massive winter storm is throwing a wrench into holiday travel plans. At Toronto’s Pearson Airport, more than 500 flights have been either cancelled or delayed. And in the West Coast, a powerful atmospheric river hammered California over the holidays, triggering record rainfall, flooding and evacuations across multiple...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had a one-on-one with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the final day of the G20 summit in South Africa. As David Akin reports, the leaders are reviving negotiations for a comprehensive trade deal.

Prime Minister Mark Carney wrapped up his participation at the G20 Summit in South Africa on Sunday, where he addressed various issues, including the potential for a new oil pipeline agreement between Ottawa and Alberta aimed at transporting oil to the British Columbia coast. David Akin has the details.

Africa is rich in natural resources, but many nations on the continent face several challenges including poverty, underdevelopment and conflicts.  Olayinka Ajala, a senior lecturer at Leeds Beckett University and researcher on African security, joins Miranda Anthistle with a look at several issues facing nations on the continent.

The hunt continues for a bear that attacked a group of schoolchildren and teachers on Thursday during a field trip in the remote northern B.C. community of Bella Coola. Despite his absence from this year’s G20 summit in South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump dominated the first day of the two-day summit after leaders learned...

As violence continues and living conditions deteriorate on a mass scale this week, Alan Boswell – the International Crisis Group Project Director for the Horn of Africa – explains what’s behind the ongoing civil war in Sudan.

Israel has become the first country to formally recognize the self-declared Republic of Somaliland as an independent and sovereign state, prompting strong condemnation from Somalia and regional allies. Somaliland’s President Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi welcomed the move, saying Israel’s decision reflected “confidence in Somaliland’s demonstrated commitment to peace, stability and responsible governance.” Somalia’s government called the...

The Travel Lady Lesley Keyter joins Global News Morning Calgary with details on a trip that will see you flying all across Africa over the course of 25 days with stops in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Victoria Falls, Nairobi and Cairo.

Mully Children’s Family Choir, from Kenya, appeared live on 680 CJOB’s The Start Oct. 17, 2025.

Benin President Patrice Talon said on Sunday that the government and armed forces had thwarted a coup attempt by a group of soldiers in the West African nation.