Countries Cyril Ramaphosa faces ‘heated’ impeachment debate Cape Town – South Africa’s parliament is to debate on Tuesday whether to initiate proceedings to remove scandal-engulfed President... Read more 13 Dec, 2022
Countries Tunisians protest president ahead of polls Tunis – Hundreds protested in Tunisia on Saturday against President Kais Saied ahead of parliamentary elections that represent the... Read more 12 Dec, 2022
Countries Embattled Cyril Ramaphosa faces decisive week Johannesburg – Embattled South African President Cyril Ramaphosa faces a decisive week as a scandal hangs over his future,... Read more 12 Dec, 2022
Countries ‘They talk and they don’t do anything’ – In SA’s Soweto, Cyril Ramaphosa scandal fuels resentment Soweto – In the township of Soweto, where South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa grew up – and where he... Read more 12 Dec, 2022
Countries East African troops hope to bring peace in the DRC but there may be stumbling blocks Jenna Russo, City University of New York The East African Community decided to deploy troops in one of its... Read more 11 Dec, 2022
Countries Jailed Senegal journalist falls ill on hunger strike Dakar – A jailed Senegalese journalist critical of President Macky Sall has been hospitalised on the ninth day of... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Countries Abiy Ahmed gained power in Ethiopia with the help of young people – four years later he’s silencing them Lovise Aalen, Chr. Michelsen Institute and Amanuel Tesfaye, Addis Ababa University When Abiy Ahmed took power as Ethiopia’s prime... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso to raise 150 million euros for war fund Ouagadougou – The Burkina Faso government has announced plans to raise 152 million euros for a “fund to support... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Countries ‘I decided to run’: Survivors recount escape from DRC massacre Kitshanga – In a displacement camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Eric, Samuel, Tuyisenge and Florence recounted walking... Read more 10 Dec, 2022
Countries Bathabile Dlamini ‘to legally fight her disqualification from running for NEC’ Cape Town– Former ANC Women’s League leader Bathabile Dlamini reportedly intends to take legal action against her disqualification from... Read more 9 Dec, 2022