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Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday made a statement at the “Shanghai Cooperation Organization Plus” Meeting in Astana.
OPINION: Trade between China and South Africa has grown from $1. 3 billion in 2000 to over $56 billion in 2022, making China South Africa’s largest trading partner while South Africa is China’s biggest trade partner in Africa, writes David Monyae.
Ambassador Majola’s resignation will be effective November 30.
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.
OPINION: Millions of Kenyans were dispossessed of their ancestral lands, making space for the vast British-owned tea plantations which thrived through the exploitation of the cheap labour of black people who were denied basic rights, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.
The National Anti-Corruption Advisory Council, which is hosting the dialogue, was appointed to provide advice on the implementation of the policy and institutional reforms contained in the recommendations of the State Capture Commission.
A two-day national dialogue on building a corruption-free South Africa is set to take place at the Birchwood Hotel and OR Tambo Conference Centre in Boksburg.
Parliamentary Speaker Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula reported that the commission recommended several reforms that could already be provided for in law, and, or Parliament's rules.
U. S. President Joe Biden offered in his recent State of the Union address something wholly divorced from reality.
This will be the second year that Parliament will host the Sona at the Cape Town City Hall after the fire last year.
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.
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.
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.
Former Chinese President Jiang Zem of 96 of leukaemia at the age of 96 of leukaemia and multiple organ failure, Chinese state media reported.
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.