June 22, 2023
South Africa: Germany Issues Arrest Warrant for Former Steinhoff CEO Markus Jooste - South African News Briefs - June 22, 2023
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June 21, 2023
South Africa: Police Open Inquest into Death of MP Tina Joemat-Pettersson - South African News Briefs - June 21, 2023
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June 20, 2023
Africa: On World Refugee Day - Let's Celebrate Solutions to Refugee Energy Crisis
Connecting displaced people with clean, affordable energy is an urgent humanitarian challenge. In refugee camps, the share of residents without electricity and safe cooking methods… Read more »
South Africa: Police Generals Charged with Corruption in Recruitment Scandal - South African News Briefs - June 20, 2023
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June 19, 2023
South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal Officials Illegally Occupy State Houses, Rack Up Water Bill - South African News Briefs - June 19, 2023
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Africa: European Leaders Rebuff African Peace Mission
The European leaders whose forces are engaged in the heaviest fighting between two nations on the continent for more than 70 years have rebuffed an attempt by African leaders to… Read more »
June 18, 2023
Africa: Interview with Ms. Souad Aden-Osman, Executive Director of the Coalition for Dialogue on Africa (CoDA)
At the end of these two days of thinking on illicit financial flows, could you draw a report for us? Read more »
Africa: Ramaphosa's Pitch to Putin
Excerpts comprising the key points from the text of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa's presentation on behalf of African leaders to President Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg… Read more »
June 16, 2023
South Africa: Opposition Parties Target Youth Ahead of 2024 Elections - South African News Briefs - June 16, 2023
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June 15, 2023
South Africa: 'Revolutionary' South African Health Insurance Bill Passed in Parliament
Opposition parties raised concerns over the African National Congress's (ANC) approval of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, citing potential corruption and public health… Read more »
Africa: U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit Producing Positive Developments - A Post Six-Months Assessment
Last December's U.S.-African Leaders' Summit, hosted by President Joe Biden in Washington, DC, has helped re-establish ties and strengthen business relationships, according to… Read more »
Sudan: UN Refugee Agency Says Sudan Joins Ukraine in Driving Up Tally of Displaced People
Sudan, like Ukraine, is deeply worrying for the United Nations as the latest figures show it helped swell the worldwide displacement total to an estimated 110 million in May, the… Read more »
Sudan: West Darfur Governor Killed by RSF in El Geneina - Reports
The governor of West Darfur state, Khamis Abakar, was killed on Wednesday (June 14, 2023), an armed group he commanded has said, Al Jazeera reports. Read more »
South Africa: U.S.$27 Million Tender, But Parliamentary Facilities Are Neglected - South African News Briefs - June 15, 2023
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June 14, 2023
Africa: Selling Carbon Credits From Africa - Is it Indigenous People vs Carbon Offset Schemes?
An international non-governmental organisation which campaigns for the rights of indigenous peoples who use traditional methods of making their living is challenging the way in… Read more »
Africa: Hate Speech Towards LGBTIQ+ Persons 'Not Just Words'
The Centre for Human Rights (CHR) and the Centre for Sexualities, AIDS, and Gender at the University Pretoria, with the Center for Gender Studies and Feminist Futures and the… Read more »
East Africa: Sudan Army Chief Burhan Not Ready to Meet General Daglo
The Sudanese Army Chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is not ready to meet with the opposing general and his former deputy Mohamed Hamdan Daglo. reports AFP. The two are the main parties… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon's Stalwart Political Leader John Fru Ndi Dies
Tributes are pouring in for Cameroon's charismatic political leader and chairman of the country's first political party, the Social Democratic Front. The party announced his… Read more »
South Africa: Lost South African Citizenship Automatically? Now You Can Get It Back
The Supreme Court of Appeal has ruled that it is constitutionally invalid for South Africans to lose their citizenship when acquiring those from other nations, SABC reports. Read more »
South Africa: Suspended Public Protector Alleges Extortion and Corruption - South African News Briefs - June 14, 2023
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June 13, 2023
South Africa: U.S. Legislators Call For AGOA Forum to Be Moved From South Africa for Supporting Russia
A group of Democratic and Republican members of the U.S. Congress have written to Secretary of State Antony Blinken requesting that the annual Africa Growth and Opportunities Act… Read more »
South Africa: Mozambique to Supply South Africa During Energy Crisis
A total of 1,000MW will be supplied to South Africa from Mozambique as a means to ease the country's energy crisis. Read more »
East Africa: Eritrea Rejoins East African Bloc After Almost 16 Years
Eritrea has rejoined the East African bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), nearly 16 years after the politically isolated state pulled out of the body,… Read more »
Africa: South Africa's EFF Refuses to Cancel Lecture by Homophobic Kenyan Professor
As the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) celebrates its 10th anniversary, the opposition party's move to host Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba at the University of Cape Town… Read more »
South Africa: Former Ruling Party Secretary-General Unfazed by Expulsion - South African News Briefs - June 13, 2023
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