Members of the African Congress for Transformation (ACT) are accusing leading members of the party of being involved in malice, fabrication and manipulation of electoral lists. The members, especially in the North West, have written to the party leader, Magashule, to express their concern over the alleged altered list of candidates. According to reports, members […]
Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has said Cairo stands shoulder to shoulder with Somalia and has slammed Ethiopia’s agreement with Somaliland to obtain access to the sea and establish a marine force base. Somaliland, a region strategically located by the Gulf of Aden, broke away from Somalia in 1991 as the country collapsed into a […]
Liberia’s new president, Joseph Boakai, was sworn into office Monday after his narrow win in a November election. Boakai, who at age 79 is the country’s oldest sitting head of state, promised to unite and rescue Africa’s oldest republic from its economic woes. The ceremony, however, ended abruptly after Boakai, who wore traditional Liberian attire for […]
The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger recommended on Friday (Dec. 01) creating a confederation as part of a long-term goal of uniting the West African neighbours within a federation. The top diplomats of the Alliance of Sahel States met in Bamako for two days. Malian Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop said the recommendations […]
U.S senior officials have hinted that Biden will be meeting President Xi Jinping and military cooperation between the two countries will be a priority in the discussions. The leaders will be meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit that the U.S. is hosting. The Biden-Xi summit will be the first face-to-face meeting […]
Iran, the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, became the chair of the U.N. Human Rights Council Social Forum yesterday, just one month after Iran’s clients in Hamas perpetrated some of the worst atrocities in modern history against Israeli civilians. The theme for the forum in 2023 is using technology to promote human rights. Only […]