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From new-age pastors to old-school smugglers, and from diplomats to the Zimbabwe president’s niece, they are driving gold smuggling and money laundering worth billions of dollars in Southern Africa [Al Jazeera]
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Who are the Gold Mafia? God­men, con­men and a pres­i­dent’s niece

Gangs that smug­gle gold and laun­der mon­ey, that is what the Gold Mafia in­ves­ti­ga­tion is about. But who are they ex­act­ly?

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Ra­madan 2023: Fast­ing hours and if­tar times around the world

The pre-sun­rise to sun­set fast lasts any­where from 12 to 18 hours, de­pend­ing on where in the world you are.

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