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Death of a hero
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Death of a hero
St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:20 AM
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:18 AM
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28 12:16 AM
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
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Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28 12:14 AM
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28 12:12 AM
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Italy meets Jamaica
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
December 28 12:07 AM
Mount Pleasant extends help to Treasure Beach
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
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Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg Super Kings victory
December 28 12:06 AM
Hosein plays crucial role in Joburg
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‘We were like saviours’: Jimmy Cliff’s historic performance in Apartheid era South Africa
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‘We were like saviours’: Jimmy Cliff’s historic performance in Apartheid era South Africa
Howard Campbell Observer senior writer 
December 2, 2025
Observer Online presents the second story in ‘Jimmy Cliff: Stories Of A Bongo Man’, in tribute to the reggae legend who died on November 24 at age 81....
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G20 grapples with splintering world order
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G20 grapples with splintering world order
November 23, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP)—G20 leaders wrapping up a summit in South Africa on Sunday hailed multilateralism -- even as they struggled to adapt ...
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South Africa beat Rwanda to qualify for 2026 World Cup
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South Africa beat Rwanda to qualify for 2026 World Cup
October 14, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa defeated Rwanda 3-0 in Mbombela on Tuesday to win Group C and qualify for the 2026 World Cup. Thalent...
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South Africa court jails seven Chinese nationals for human trafficking
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South Africa court jails seven Chinese nationals for human trafficking
September 10, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP)-A South African court sentenced seven Chinese nationals to 20 years in prison Wednesday for forcing more than 90 Mala...
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South Africa, Caricom summit to be held in Addis Ababa
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South Africa, Caricom summit to be held in Addis Ababa
September 4, 2025
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) – Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom), the Caricom Secretary-General, and other regional and i...
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South Africa thrash England in 1st ODI
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South Africa thrash England in 1st ODI
September 2, 2025
LEEDS, United Kingdom (AFP)—South Africa inflicted a humiliating seven-wicket defeat upon England in the first one-day international in Leeds on Tuesd...
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South Africa to offer US ‘generous’ new deal to avoid 30% tariff
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South Africa to offer US ‘generous’ new deal to avoid 30% tariff
August 12, 2025
PRETORIA, South Africa (AFP) -- South Africa will offer a "generous" new trade deal to the United States on Tuesday to avoid 30-per cent tariffs, gove...
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South African farm worker was ‘forced’ to feed murdered black women to pigs — lawyers
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South African farm worker was ‘forced’ to feed murdered black women to pigs — lawyers
August 6, 2025
LIMPOPO, South Africa — A white South African farm worker, who is one of three men on trial for allegedly murdering two black women on a farm in 2024,...
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‘We knew we had to add to the voice against oppression’
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‘We knew we had to add to the voice against oppression’
On Mandela Day, Carlene Davis reflects on anti-apartheid activist and her songs for the cause
KEDIESHA PERRY Observer writer 
July 18, 2025
As the world commemorates Mandela Day on Friday, Tommy Cowan and his wife Dr Carlene Davis are reflecting on the multiple songs that they have worked ...
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Caster Semenya: A rebel with a cause
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Caster Semenya: A rebel with a cause
July 10, 2025
Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP) — When 19-year-old unknown South African Caster Semenya pulled off a stunning 800 metres final triumph at the 2009 wo...
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First group of white South Africans arrive in US for resettlement
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First group of white South Africans arrive in US for resettlement
May 12, 2025
DULLES, United States (AFP)— A group of around 50 white South Africans arrived on Monday for resettlement in the United States after President Donald ...
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South African mother found guilty of selling young daughter
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South African mother found guilty of selling young daughter
May 2, 2025
SALDANHA, South Africa (AFP) — A South African court found a woman guilty Friday of trafficking her six-year-old daughter who has been missing for mor...
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South Africa party angry at Trump post suggesting G20 summit boycott
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South Africa party angry at Trump post suggesting G20 summit boycott
April 12, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) -- A post by Donald Trump suggesting he will skip the G20 summit in South Africa and repeating claims of alleged anti...
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Dozens escape from suspected human trafficking in South Africa
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Dozens escape from suspected human trafficking in South Africa
March 26, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Dozens of young adults and children who were allegedly held captive in a suburban house in Johannesburg escaped on ...
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South Africa and DRC discuss boosting ‘defence capabilities’
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South Africa and DRC discuss boosting ‘defence capabilities’
March 24, 2025
Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP)—The Democratic Republic of Congo's defence minister began a visit to South Africa Monday aimed at strengthening "stra...
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US expels South African ambassador, saying he ‘hates’ Trump
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US expels South African ambassador, saying he ‘hates’ Trump
March 15, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US decision to expel South Africa's ambassador was "regrettable," the office of the South African president said...
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Microsoft to make $298m AI investment in South Africa
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Microsoft to make $298m AI investment in South Africa
March 6, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — Tech giant Microsoft will invest $298 million on artificial intelligence (AI) and data centre infrastructure in Sou...
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Halt in US HIV funds could cost South Africa 500,000 lives over 10 years
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Halt in US HIV funds could cost South Africa 500,000 lives over 10 years
February 27, 2025
Johannesburg, South Africa (AFP) —A halt in US funds to South Africa's HIV/AIDS programmes could lead to more than 500,000 deaths over 10 years, the h...
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Africa’s first G20 meeting opens with call for ‘cooperation’
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Africa’s first G20 meeting opens with call for ‘cooperation’
February 20, 2025
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa opened on Thursday a Group of 20 foreign ministers meeting with a call for...
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United States ready to welcome ‘persecuted South African farmers’
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United States ready to welcome ‘persecuted South African farmers’
February 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States is ready to resettle "persecuted South African farmers," a State Department spokesperson said Sat...
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Trump freezes aid to South Africa, citing law to ‘seize’ land
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Trump freezes aid to South Africa, citing law to ‘seize’ land
February 8, 2025
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Friday froze United States (US) aid to South Africa, citing a law in the country that he a...
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Six peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in DR Congo
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Six peacekeepers killed as fighting rages in DR Congo
January 25, 2025
GOMA, Undefined (AFP) -- Six foreign peacekeepers have been killed in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where fighting between the Congolese army ...
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St Elizabeth man takes last breath days after saving 13 seniors during Hurricane Melissa
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Death
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
...psychosocial support available
Tamoy Ashman | Reporter |ashmant@jamaicaobserver.com 
December 28, 2025
Inmates focus on ‘feelings’ post-Melissa, for holidays
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Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
Entertainment, ...
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support for Sean Paul’s Faith We A Keep
...song dedicated to Hurricane Melissa relief efforts
Kevin Jackson 
December 28, 2025
Gwen Stefani, Shelton show support
{"xml":"xml"}{"jamaica-observer":"Jamaica Observer"}
Missions of mercy
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Missions of mercy
Bethel United Church makes hurricane response its agenda
Alicia Dunkley-Willis | Senior Reporter 
December 28, 2025
Missions of mercy
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JPL intensifies as MBU, Portmore continue leadership race with start of second round
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December 28, 2025
MBU, Portmore continue battle for JPL supremacy today
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