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COLOMBIA-MINING-EXPLOSION
news

Colombia: Ten trapped miners found dead, toll rises to 21

pink river dolphin
Animals

Two endangered pink dolphins rescued from shallow Colombia river

ChapGPT
News

Judge uses ChatGPT in Colombian court ruling

COLOMBIA-MINING-EXPLOSION
World News

Colombia: Ten trapped miners found dead, toll rises to 21

pink river dolphin
Animals

Two endangered pink dolphins rescued from shallow Colombia river

ChapGPT
News

Judge uses ChatGPT in Colombian court ruling

FARC rebels Colombia
World News

10 dead in recent Colombia rebels clash: rights group

By Agence France-Presse12-01-2023 08:22

At least 10 people are believed to have died in recent fighting between armed rebel groups in Colombia near the Venezuelan border.

Strip show
Lifestyle

Granny suffers heart attack during racy strip show at old-age home

By Nokuthula Ngcobo14-10-2022 14:55

The influencer who hosted the ‘erotic party’, apologised after the old lady who was dancing with the male strippers, had a heart attack.

Colombia
News

One-year-old baby amongst dead in Colombia ‘stadium’ collapse

By Nokwanda Ncwane27-06-2022 15:48

A one-year-old baby also died after a three-storey spectator stand collapsed in Colombia during a bullfighting event.

Prosecutor killed while honeymooning
News

Anti-drug prosecutor killed while honeymooning

By Happiness Kisamo14-05-2022 15:27

Marcelo Pecci was shot dead execution-style while on his honeymoon on a Colombian Caribbean island, in what police called a ‘murder’

Hippos
Environment

Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine’ hippos face the threat of being culled

By AFP07-02-2022 17:17

Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’ could be killed after the government added them to a list of ‘introduced, invasive species.’

UN convoy attacked, two vehicl
News

UN convoy attacked, two vehicles burned in Colombia

By Agence France-Presse28-01-2022 08:55

An armed group has attacked a United Nations convoy in southeastern Colombia, setting fire to two vehicles, the organization said Thursday.

Colombia’s forgotten Alcatraz:
Environment

Colombia’s forgotten Alcatraz: the island prison of Gorgona

By Agence France-Presse23-12-2021 10:53

At the end of October, a presidential candidate stirred up old memories when proposing to send corrupt politicians to Colombia’s notorious former island prison of Gorgona.

Colombian Amazon: casualty of
Environment

Colombian Amazon: casualty of peace

By Agence France-Presse15-12-2021 11:07

In just a few minutes, an enormous century-year-old tree is felled by an electric saw in the middle of a protected national park. The giant collapses, sending a shockwave through the Colombian Amazon.

‘Invasive species’: Colombia s
Environment

‘Invasive species’: Colombia sterilises Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine hippos’

By AFP18-10-2021 10:20

Hippos on drug lord Pablo Escobar’s former Hacienda Napoles estate have been sterilised by Colombia authorities as they are breeding out of control.

The butterfly effect: Lensman
Lifestyle

The butterfly effect: Lensman documents Colombia’s ‘winged jewels’

By AFP04-09-2021 11:38

Photographer Juan Guillermo Jaramillo has spent the last 15 years trekking through Colombian jungles and woodlands in search of the ‘winged jewels’.

Bungee-jumping date turns fata
World News

Bungee-jumping date turns fatal: Woman plunges to her death

By Thabo Baloyi23-07-2021 15:45

The woman heard a signal telling her boyfriend it was safe to jump but mistakenly thought it was it was meant for her

Carlos Queiroz
Soccer

Former Bafana Bafana coach sacked from latest job

By Garrin Lambley02-12-2020 13:41

Former Bafana Bafana coach Carlos Queiroz has parted ways with Colombia just one year into his three-year contract.

coronavirus covid-19
News

Tunisia presses Security Council to call for urgent action on pandemic

By AFP01-04-2020 23:48

Tunisia, a non-permanent member of the Security Council, proposes in the preamble that the council express “concern about the impact on food security and economies” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

crocodiles escape farm western cape
Health and Fitness

Krokodil: how ‘flesh-eating zombie drug’ is causing a global crisis

By The Conversation07-11-2018 10:23

‘Krokodil’ has become a popular drug of choice because it is cheap and easy to make.

Senegal vs Colombia
Soccer

Watch: The Yerry Mina goal that sent Senegal out of the World Cup [video]

By AFP28-06-2018 18:34

All of Africa is now out of the 2018 Word Cup…

World Cup 2018 Group H Standin
Soccer

World Cup 2018 Group H Standings: Colombia through, agony for Senegal

By Anton Smith28-06-2018 18:00

Fair play leaves Senegal crying foul, as Colombia do the business.

Watch: Falcao’s first ever Wor
Soccer

Watch: Falcao’s first ever World Cup goal as Colombia eliminate Poland [video]

By Tammy Patterson24-06-2018 22:20

Poland are going home.

Colombia World Cup
Soccer

Colombia fans find a genius way to sneak vodka into the stadium [video]

By Tom Head21-06-2018 09:51

“Nothing to see here, officer. Just a regular pair of binoculars.”

World Cup 2018
Soccer

World Cup 2018 results and highlights: Colombia 1-2 Japan

By AFP19-06-2018 16:03

Japan’s finest hour at a World Cup.

2018 World Cup live scores: Co
Soccer

2018 World Cup live scores: Colombia vs Japan – follow updates here!

By Anton Smith19-06-2018 13:00

Group H of the World Cup kicks off in Saransk on Tuesday, as Colombia take on Japan at the Mordovia Arena.

flysafair cheap flights
Travel

South Africans can visit these 91 countries without a visa nightmare

By Anton Smith26-10-2017 13:43

The pain of paperwork can put you right off your holiday or business trip. But your SA passport is more handy than you might think at getting you through the world’s immigration desks.

Watch: The moment things go wr
Video

Watch: The moment things go wrong before Colombian plane crash kills 5 [video]

By Ezra Claymore21-12-2016 17:44

Five people died in a cargo plane crash in Colombia when a Boeing cargo plane lost control.

citizenship second passports
Travel

Pack your suitcase! 58 places South Africans can visit without a visa

By Anton Smith27-10-2016 12:04

Here’s some free travel advice: forget the cost, paperwork and stress of a visa – take a trip to any of these places around the world and walk right on in.

Guarulhos – Brazil. Photo by Walter Jackson
Travel

Travel obsession part two: 45 flights, 31 countries in just over three weeks

By Walter Jackson26-07-2016 08:16

I had seen more countries in one trip than many people see in a lifetime, but somehow it left me wanting more.

“Most valuable treasure in the
Lifestyle

“Most valuable treasure in the history of humanity” discovered off Cartagena’s coast

By Gerhard Jacobs07-12-2015 09:59

And they say there’s no mystery left in the world. Colombia claims to have found the shipwreck of a Spanish galleon chock full of gold and precious jewels; hundreds of years after it was sunk off the coast of Cartagena.

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