Reuters | @SABCNews The Malian interim government on Sunday said the head of the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission’s human rights division had 48 hours to leave the country as he had been declared persona non grata. In a statement, it said the decision to expel Guillaume Ngefa-Atondoko Andali was connected to his allegedly biased choice of…
Staff Writer Business leaders have warned that, aside from opening the doors for corruption, declaring a national state of disaster over load shedding in South Africa risks disrupting the country’s business environment – putting off investors and stalling development. The ANC has proposed declaring a national state of disaster over the ongoing energy crisis in…
Staff Writer South African retail giant, the Shoprite Group, has opened up bursary applications for the 2023 and 2024 academic years. Applications for the bursaries close on 30 April 2023. The group is currently offering 134 comprehensive bursaries across nine subjects to support students studying or intending to study scarce skills such as: Food science;…
Sonia RolleyReuters BUJUMBURA, Feb 5 (Reuters) – East African regional leaders on Saturday renewed their call for an immediate ceasefire by all sides in the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo that pits the country’s military against a rebel group it has accused Rwanda of supporting. At a summit in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, the leaders of…
By NICOLE WINFIELD and DENG MACHOL JUBA, South Sudan (AP) — Pope Francis made a final appeal for peace in South Sudan on Sunday as he celebrated Mass before tens of thousands of people to close out an unusual mission by Christian religious leaders to nudge forward the country’s recovery from civil war. On the…
By Rédaction Africanews RWANDA Here in Kirehe a local electrician has harnessed hydroelectric power to create a new future for his neighbours. These dams circumvent rivers into waterways that feed a dam which is fed through a pipeline to a small plant that creates power. It’s two and a half kilometres from the water basin…
Ntwaagae Seleka Zimbabwe has appealed to its citizens to respect South Africa’s laws. The country’s ambassador says many Zimbabweans are making positive contributions in South Africa. Zimbabwe is worried about the ill-treatment of its citizens by locals. “I appeal to all of my compatriots to abide by the South African laws.” This was the plea…
Text by : NEWS WIRES Israel expects to fully normalise ties with Sudan sometime later this year, Israel’s foreign minister said Thursday, after returning from a lightning diplomatic mission to the Sudanese capital. Eli Cohen spoke to reporters after a one-day trip to Khartoum that included high-level meetings with military leaders, including Sudan’s ruling general,…
Reuters Feb 3 (Reuters) – The Russian ambassador to the Central African Republic said in an interview published on Friday that 1,890 “Russian instructors” were present in the country, a focus of operations for the Kremlin-linked Wagner Group mercenary outfit. Russian state-owned news agency RIA quoted ambassador Alexander Bikantov as saying: “Today, there are 1,890…
Reuters JOHANNESBURG, Feb 3 (Reuters) – The South African rand was little changed early on Friday, before the release of a whole-economy survey that will shed light on business conditions in Africa’s most industrialised economy. By 0600 GMT, the rand was trading at 17.1000 against the dollar, just shy of its previous close of 17.0975.…