Addis Ababa – The African Union (AU) has adopted the Roadmap for the Resolution of the Conflict in Sudan toward silencing the guns in Sudan. The roadmap was adopted during the AU Peace and Security Council meeting that was held at the heads of state and government level on Saturday, focusing on the situation in Sudan, the AU said…
Pretoria – A delegation of officials from South Africa, led by the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, has arrived in Malawi to participate in the extradition hearing of fugitives Shepherd Bushiri and his wife, Mary. The hearing in Malawi is scheduled for tomorrow. The Ministry of Justice and Correctional Services said senior and highly…
by Hildegard TITUS with Zama LUTHULI in Johannesburg When Alejandra Angula discovered she was pregnant, she panicked. The pregnancy was unplanned – and in Namibia termination is illegal. Dismayed at the lack of options in her home country, Angula flew to neighbouring South Africa and booked into an abortion clinic in Cape Town. “I was…
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Monday signed into law a controversial anti-gay bill, his office and the country’s parliament said, introducing draconian measures against homosexuality that have been described as among the world’s harshest. Museveni “has assented to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2023. It now becomes the Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023,” a statement posted on the presidency’s…
SABC | @SABCNews The humanitarian organisation, Gift of the Givers, has released what it says is the latest “proof of life” video of South African paramedic, Gerco van Deventer, being held captive in Mali. Gift of the Givers founder, Dr Imtiaz Sooliman, says their negotiator, Mohamed Yehia Dicko, has received a video about Van Deventer that was…
SABC | @SABCNews President Cyril Ramaphosa arrived in the Federal Republic of Nigeria through the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja to attend the inauguration of His Excellency President-Elect Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday. President Ramaphosa is received by South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria Ambassador Thami Mseleku and…
By Barbara Plett-Usher in Nairobi and the BBC Verify team in London Entire villages in Sudan’s West Darfur region have been burned to the ground by marauding militias, with aid agencies now warning the region is on the brink of a “humanitarian catastrophe”. Widespread looting and the destruction of vital infrastructure has left many with…
The next president of Africa’s largest democracy, Nigeria, is due to be sworn in on Monday. Bola Tinubu, 71, won February’s election with a promise to renew hope – but he faces tough economic and security challenges. He will take over from two-term President Muhammadu Buhari amid a high inflation rate, record debt levels and…
By Africanews with AFP SOMALIA Somalia has launched an overhaul of its political system, with an agreement signed on Sunday between the government and the federated states providing for the introduction of direct universal suffrage from 2024 and the transition to a presidential system. The agreement, which must be approved by Parliament, aims to put…
By Africanews with AP SUDAN The United States and Saudi Arabia called on warring sides in Sudan to extend a fragile cease-fire due to expire Monday, as weeks of fighting reached a stalemate in the capital and elsewhere in the African country. The Sudanese army and a rival paramilitary force, battling for control of Sudan…