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eThekwini mayor Mxolisi Kaunda and city Musa Mbhele have denied claims by council members that there is a rift between them affecting service delivery in the municipality.
OPINION: However, despite the punitive measures from Ecowas, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger dug in and responded by forming the Alliance of Sahel States in September 2023 to collaborate in fighting extremist violence in their respective states and also help each other economically to blunt the impact of Ecowas sanctions, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.
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.
The US will have a divided government for the next two years as the Republican party finally secured the House of Representatives days after polling in mid-term elections closed on November 3.
Morocco, which was elected at the 35th African Union Summit in February 2022 as a member of the AU Peace and Security Council for the period 2022-2025, will assume the chairmanship of this decision-making body of the Union for one month from October 1, 2022, a Moroccan Foreign Ministry statement said on Thursday.
The PAP’s Strategic Reorientation Workshop on Reviving, Renewing, Repositioning and Reinvigorating the Pan-African Parliament is happening in Midrand, South Africa this week.
SADC says it is open for business.
Angola is due to hold an election on Wednesday. The remains of José Eduardo dos Santos have arrived in Angola after a long waiting period, Marcy Lopes, a government minister, told reporters shortly after the casket, draped in the Angolan flag, was taken off the aircraft on Sunday.
The US strategy for sub-Saharan Africa focuses on four objectives, namely, openness and open societies, democracy and security, pandemic recovery and economic opportunity, conservation and climate adaptation.
The United States released a new strategy document for sub-Saharan Africa on Monday, stressing the region's importance, the threats posed by China and Russia, and vowing to extend defence cooperation with like-minded African countries.
Eswatini said that it was ready to participate at the summit to discuss the progress over the proposed national political dialogue in the troubled country.
International Relations and Co-operation Minister Naledi Pandor said the meeting was an opportunity for the region to review its decisions.
Western Cape Ministers for Social Development and Transport and Public Works, Sharna Fernandez and Daylin Mitchell, launched a newly established Social Development service centre in Murraysburg today, January 25.
Margrethe Vestager, a top European Commission official, followed the thread of her boss' annual ’state of the union’ address by knitting.
Namibia's opposition party the Popular Democratic Movement wants the Botswana-Namibia 2018 border treaty revoked pending consultations with the public.
Proceedings at the Pan-African Parliament have been postponed indefinitely following days of scuffles, outbursts and disruptions by parliamentarians