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Havana, Aug 19, 2026 (AFP) - Lights out, crowds gone: Havana waits for what comes next

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2026-08-19
Once a byword for joyful excess, Havana has been hollowed by blackouts, departures and deep uncertainty about its future. There are so few cars in Cuba's capital that it is possible to cross the Malecon, the once bustling seafront promenade, without looking. At night, the narrow cobbled streets of Old Havana are enveloped in inky black, devoid of power and virtually deserted. After a seven-month-long US fuel embargo and rolling power cuts, locals......
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WINDHOEK, 19 August 2026 - Minister of Education, Innovation, Youth, Sports, Arts and Culture, Sanet Steenkamp speaking at the Iziko Museum in Cape Town, South Africa during the handing over of the remains of former Robben Island prisoners in partnership with the South African Department of Sport, Arts and Culture. (Photo: Contributed) NAMPA

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