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Accelerated drawdown of UN peace operations: A worry for women
Winding down on South Africa’s Women’s Month, Vedhan Singh and Dr Cresencia Nyathi highlight the critical risks to gender equality and sustainable peace, emphasising the urgent need to include women in peacekeeping efforts.
Global leaders call for US president Joe Biden’s peace plan for Middle East
The former leaders said the world has been torn apart by the conflict and people on all sides want peace.
ANC’s stance remains unapologetically pro-Palestine, clarifies meeting with SA Jewish Board of Deputies
The SAJBD, together with the SA Zionist Federation, met with the ANC recently.
Corruption Watch calls for closer look into global arms industry, calls for ceasefire in Gaza
The South African non-profit organisation said the escalation of violence was fuelled by corruption in the arms industry.
ANC solidarity for Palestine march gets under way
The ANC has said it supports the two-state solution on Israel and Palestine and this must be based on the 1967 borders.
Israel-Palestine: It is not a conflict but a struggle for liberation
The Human Sciences Research Council and Africa Institute of South Africa hosted a diplomatic conversation around the Israel-Hamas war currently raging on in the Middle-East.
Dirco denies allegations of support for Hamas, emphasises humanitarian focus in Gaza talks
Minister Naledi Pandor received a call to talk to the leader of Hamas, Ismail Haniyeh.
Global Anti-Apartheid Movement to be launched at landmark conference for Palestinian rights
Reverend Frank Chikane and other members of the South African Anti-Apartheid Steering Committee, together with their partners in Palestine, addressed the media on Tuesday about the launch of the Global Anti-Apartheid Movement.
Unfair for South Africa to decide on Putin’s invite to BRICS Summit, says ANC
ANC’s first deputy secretary-general Nomvula Mokonyane said invitations have been sent out to all leaders in the BRICS nations and any attempt of being arrogant or bullied may lead unnecessarily to a war.
South Africa must ensure its trade relations are secure - Kgalema Motlanthe
South Africa must not be forced to take sides in geopolitics and should focus on getting into talks with its major trade partners to ensure trade relations are secured, so says former president Kgalema Motlanthe.
Upholding Mandela’s peace mission: Ramaphosa pledges continued conflict resolution efforts
President Cyril Ramaphosa said the country has been involved in peace missions in South Sudan, Tigray, DRC, Northern Ireland and of late Sudan.
WATCH: No middle road in Russia-Ukraine conflict, says Russian ambassador
Ilya Igorevich Rogachev, the Russian Federation ambassador to SA, said the concept of neutrality simply does not exist and the actions of Western forces have proved that.
Pandor says peace efforts in Ukraine will continue despite weekend events in Russia
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor said the African leaders will continue to engage with both presidents Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin to find a solution to the conflict.
Ramaphosa believes peace mission to Ukraine, Russia was successful
President Cyril Ramaphosa told the Prime Ministers of Netherlands and Denmark, Mark Rutte and Mette Frederiksen, that African leaders have a role in forging peace in Ukraine.
Ramaphosa calls for an end to war
President Cyril Ramaphosa has told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that the only solution to the conflict was through negotiations and diplomatic means.
Ramaphosa and other African leaders to meet Putin
President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to continue with peace efforts, together with African leaders seeking an end to the conflict in Ukraine when they meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.
AU adopts roadmap to resolve conflict in Sudan
The high-level meeting underscored the overriding importance of a single, inclusive and consolidated peace process for Sudan
Why the UN Security Council needs to be reformed
OPINION: One of the main criticisms of the Security Council is that its composition does not reflect the current distribution of power and influence in the world.
SA’s army chief in Russia for military talks, SANDF confirms
The SANDF says the bilateral meeting was planned ‘well in advance’ and is a long-standing arrangement.
South Africa will not take sides in contest between global powers, says President Cyril Ramaphosa
President Cyril Ramaphosa said that he does not accept that our non-aligned position favours Russia above other countries. Nor does he accept that it should imperil our relations with other countries.
WATCH: How global security initiative can inspire hope for a more peaceful, stable world
The foreign ministers of China, Saudi Arabia, and Iran shook hands in Beijing, marking a historic moment in Riyadh-Tehran relations.
Silencing the guns in Africa: Naledi Pandor commends Ethiopia for embracing peace
The minister says the gathering of parties in Pretoria to broker a deal reflected the true commitment to address conflict on the continent.
Sudanese parties delay signing of final political deal to April 6
The final political agreement, which aims to create a transitional civil authority in Sudan, was scheduled to be signed on Saturday, but differences between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces over the security and military reform clause and integration of the irregular forces in the army postponed the signing of the deal.
World Water Day 2023 – Racing to fulfil Sustainable Development Goal 6 by 2030
Dysfunction throughout the water cycle is undermining progress on all major global issues, from health to hunger, gender equality to jobs, education to industry, disasters to peace.
Forging relationships and clarifying strategies
OPINION: The US-Africa relationship is a highly strategic one and potentially mutually beneficial. Africa is a continent on a growth path, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.