BMA commissioner Michael Masiapato said over 40 buses conveying the children were stopped at the North Gate of the busy border post with Zimbabwe before they entered South Africa. He said although the children had passports, they were travelling without parents, guardians and permission letters as regulations require. The bus drivers claimed the children were going to play sport, but reports said they were sent by their Zimbabwean grandparents to their parents in South Africa. “The children were being trafficked, ” Mr Masiapato said, adding that they contacted officials in Zimbabwe and have sent the children back to that country. He said human trafficking was becoming a serious issue and promised to continue conducting operations during the festive season.
They will be competing against the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi, who is vying for a second term in office. Mr Sesanga’s withdrawal is seen as boosting opposition unity after former prime minister Matata Ponyo and two other candidates, Seth Kikuni and Franck Diongo, earlier endorsed Mr Katumbi. “I have decided in the spirit of national unity to combine our forces to support the candidacy of Moise Katumbi, ” he said on Sunday, while calling for his supporters to vote for him. There had been discussions in the South African capital Pretoria with the aim of choosing one opposition candidate to face Mr Tshisekedi, which ended on 17 November without reaching a deal.
Emery MakumenoBBC News, KinshasaCopyright: AFPImage caption: Campaigns for the elections started two weeks agoA fourth candidate has dropped out of the presidential campaign in the Democratic Republic of Congo to support former governor and opposition candidate Moïse Katumbi. With the withdrawal of Delly Sesanga - a lawyer and MP from Kasai-Central province - there are now 21 opposition candidates running for the top job.
More than one million people have been displaced and 2. 4 million people impacted across 36 districts, the agency added. UN OCHA also warned of a high risk of disease spread following reports of suspected cases of cholera and acute watery diarrhoea in the states of Hirshabelle and Galmudug. The agency added that only 30% of those impacted have received help, but at least 37 boats have been deployed to deliver supplies or evacuate those trapped by the flood water. In recent weeks, Somalia and neighbouring Kenya and Ethiopia have experienced the heaviest rains in more than two decades, causing fatalities, displacement and widespread destruction. The floods are caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, which occurs due to the Pacific Ocean warming.
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Campaigns for the elections started two weeks ago and end on 18 December – two days before the 20 December elections. The campaign period has already witnessed deaths, with six killed in a stampede on Saturday at Mr Tshisekedi’s campaign rally in Mbanza-Ngungu city in the west. Earlier on Tuesday, a supporter of Mr Katumbi was killed at a rally amid clashes with supporters of the ruling party in the eastern Maniema province. Copyright: Getty ImagesImage caption: More than a million people have been displaced by the floods, UN saysThe death toll from Somalia's ongoing floods has risen to 110, the UN humanitarian agency UN OCHA said on Sunday.
But the Constitutional Court upheld the law, arguing that limitations on independent candidates were justified in order to promote party representation in parliament. By Peter Saull, political correspondent, and Christy CooneyBBC NewsBBC MonitoringCopyright: Getty ImagesImage caption: The coup in Niger was condemned by the US The US ambassador to Niger, Kathleen FitzGibbon, has presented her credentials to the foreign ministry in Niamey, state-owned TV in the West African state reports. She presented her credentials to the foreign ministry on Sunday, as a Russian delegation arrived in Niamey for talks with the junta, state TV reports. Foreign Affairs Minister Bakary Yaou Sangare said the ambassador's move signalled US recognition of the military-led government which seized power in a coup in July.
Scientists say extreme weather events like floods will become more frequent and intense as the atmosphere warms due to climate change. Copyright: AFPImage caption: The children are being returned to ZimbabweSouth African authorities have intercepted dozens of buses transporting 443 children, all under the age of eight, into the country from neighbouring Zimbabwe. This follows a sting operation conducted by the South African Border Management Authority (BMA) and the police at the Beitbridge border post on Saturday night.
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He added that the national government had only cleared 51 essential delegates and the rest had been sponsored by other groups. In a statement, the Tanzanian government said more than 90% of the delegations from the country were sponsored by the private sector. South African police have rescued 33 victims of suspected human trafficking after they were found cramped in a room in Benoni, Gauteng province.
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