Former president of the apartheid government, FW de Klerk. The funeral of South Africa’s last white president, Frederik Willem (FW) de Klerk, who died on Thursday aged 85, will take place on November 21 in a private ceremony, his foundation said in a statement on Sunday. De Klerk, who won praise worldwide for his role in…
On Monday, the South African Human Rights Commission will begin hearings into the July unrest, which left over 300 dead and billions of rands in damages. The commission will be looking into the causes of the unrest and the alleged racially motivated attacks. The hearings are expected to run until 3 December. The South African…
Tanzania’s central bank has placed a 10-year limit on the tenure of chief executives officers of banks and banned elected officials from serving on the boards of financial institutions. CEOs and board members of banks will need to stand down for three years after completing a decade in office before they can be reappointed, the…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is travelling to Kenya, where he will be discussing the conflict in neighbouring Ethiopia. US and UK citizens have been told to leave Ethiopia “while commercial flights are readily available”, in the words of a British minister. This alarming advice, with echoes of Kabul in August, was issued as…
Environmentalists looking after one of the world’s most biodiverse rainforests in Madagascar are increasingly worried about climate change putting endemic wildlife at risk. British broadcaster Sky News followed a small group of guardians of the Analamazaotra Forest in east-central Madagascar, who said poverty fuelled by global warming is driving deforestation and poaching. They said that…
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was expected in Kenya on Monday as he begins his first visit to Africa as Washington’s top diplomat. Blinken will also travel to Nigeria before ending his trip in Senegal later this week. In Nairobi, he’s expected to discuss with President Uhuru Kenyatta the crisis in Sudan and Ethiopia.…
WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Kenya, Nigeria and Senegal from Nov. 15-20, the State Department said on Thursday. In Nairobi, Blinken will meet with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta to discuss topics including cooperation on ending the COVID-19 pandemic and regional security issues such as Ethiopia, Somalia…
LONDON/WASHINGTON, Nov 11 (Reuters) – Glencore has offered assurances over the restructuring of Chad’s more than $1 billion commercial debt, paving the way for the International Monetary Fund to move forward on a lending program, sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. The African country in January became the first country to request a…
French President Emmanuel Macron hosts leaders and diplomats in Paris for an international conference on Friday aimed at ensuring Libya sticks to a plan to hold elections in December and turn a new page in its history. The hydrocarbon-rich North African country has been mired in civil war since the overthrow of dictator Muammar Gaddafi…
– British PM Boris Johnson – “I am saddened by the death of FW de Klerk, a leader who changed the course of history by freeing Nelson Mandela and working alongside him to end apartheid and bring democracy to South Africa,” Johnson said in a statement. “De Klerk will be remembered for his steely courage…