30 September - Top Stories

# Namibia Statistics Agency Data Highlights Population Trends.... # N$500 Fine for Public Dice Playing.... # South Africa’s Madlanga Commission Holds Closed Hearings ..... # Ghana Mining Bill Proposes Greater State Control......PLUS # Israel Suspends FlyDubai Flights After Cockpit Attack

# City Police Warn Against Public Dice Games.... # Statistics Agency Releases New Demographic Data.... # South Africa Faces Possible AGOA Exit ..... # Sudan Ceasefire Plan Draws Warning of Possible Partition ......PLUS # Washington Proposal Reaches Iranian Cabine

Namdeb unveils Namibia's biggest diamond in 20 years, South Africa's medicine prices increase by 2.88% tomorrow, and a German astronaut heads to Namibia. Also, Ebola cases in the DRC pass eight thousand, and former US special counsel Jack Smith tells lawmakers he will not be "silenced".

Anti-Corruption Commission gets a new boss, South Africa summons the US ambassador for a third time, and Morocco appoints its first woman Prime Minister. Plus, a South African Reserve Bank warning on cyberattacks and the global financial system, and the UN condemns a deadly airstrike on a Myanmar market.

# EU Warns of FMD Threat to Livestock and Livelihoods .... # NAMFISA Reports Strong Growth Despite Compliance Concerns .... # Hotels See Record August as Northern Region Leads ..... # South Africa’s Julius Malema Granted Leave to Appeal Firearm Conviction ......PLUS # US AI Safety Board Bid Blocked as…