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ActionSA calls for compulsory voting and a Mixed Member Proportional system to increase accountability and engage more South Africans in politics.
Local event company, espAfrika, tasked with on-the-ground logistics for the upcoming gathering, which comes at a pivotal shift in global economic dynamics.
Former Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula appeared in court on corruption charges after she was charged by the National Prosecuting Authority.
While governments received acknowledgment for their efforts, citizens were vocal about the need for increased action to bridge the existing gender gaps and ensure equal opportunities for all.
The recently released Census 2022 results indicated that South Africa’s population has grown to 62 million people, with an estimated 39. 7 million voting-age population.
President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Emir of Qatar, Sheik Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, will discuss the ongoing conflict in Palestine where thousands of people have been killed.
Hidden in the basement of a private home in the Afghan capital Kabul, gym instructor Laila Ahmad takes a group of women through a clandestine exercise class - the windows are blacked out, there is no pumping music and visitors arrive by a back door.
In the video, which has now gone viral, South Sudan president Salva Kiir Mayardit can be seen peeing himself as officials were standing and singing the national anthem.
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Wednesday shrugged off a soaring death toll in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east, distancing his nation from mounting bloodshed on Rwanda's doorstep.
In another grizzly discovery barely a few days apart, the bodies of 27 migrants believed to have died of thirst have been found in the Chadian desert, according to the UN migration agency.
All eyes will be on Washington DC this week as 49 African heads of state and and an AU delegation will meet in the US capital for the second US-Africa Leaders Summit from Tuesday till Thursday.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa conferred First Lady Auxillia Mnangagwa with an honorary doctorate from the Zimbabwe Open University (ZOU).
The White House said on Monday before the US-Africa Leaders Summit that it was pledging $55 billion in economic, health and security support for Africa over the next three years.
Minister Naledi Pandor will lead the South African delegation to the second US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC from December 13-15.
Africa’s Energy Sector is in need of practical, and not reactionary, solutions at the US-Africa Leaders Summit in Washington DC, says Nj Ayuk, executive chairman of the African Energy Chamber.
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan extended the invitation for Lula to visit Washington on behalf of Biden, the White House said in a statement.
Iran has suspended its so-called morality police, which penalised women for not adhering to a stringent dress code, the Iranian prosecutor general said after the anti-hijab protest continued into its third month, triggered by the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini after she was detained by the police force.
Namibia is edging closer and closer to possibly having its first female president with the election of Nandi-Ndaitwah Netumbo as party vice-president.
Afgani women will no longer be allowed in public parks and fun fairs, a spokesperson for the Taliban's morality ministry has said.
The meeting is based on the November 2021 meeting that took place in Paris where they agreed to strengthen space co-operation across all sectors.
King Charles will welcome South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Buckingham Palace on Tuesday.
As votes begin to trickle in after citizens in Equatorial Guinea voted, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, the world’s longest ruling president looks set to extend his 43 year rule.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa arrived on Monday in the United Kingdom for an official state visit of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the presidency said.
US Vice-President Kamala Harris told Asian leaders that the US was committed to the region for the long haul, rejecting doubts about its engagement as China expands its clout.
Ukraine's Ambassador to the United Nations, Sergiy Kyslytsya has said that Kyiv supports a full and transparent investigation into the missile that fell in Poland.