Kenya went to the polls on 9 August 2022 after a five-year cycle and the third general election since the promulgation of a new constitution in 2010. This marks the end of the second and final term of the Jubilee Alliance party government under Preside…
Politics
Remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the South Africa – Botswana Business Roundtable, Gaborone ICC, Gaborone
Your Excellency Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of the Republic of Botswana,Your Excellencies High Commissioners of both South Africa and Botswana,Honourable Ministers and Deputy Ministers,Business Leaders,Distinguished Guests,Colleagues and Friends, Your…
Statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the new Law for the modernization of the Muftiates (04.08.2022)
Turkey, citing this time the new law for the modernization of the Muftiates recently adopted by the Hellenic Parliament, is once again distorting reality.In order to serve its narrative, it deliberately distorts the truth regarding the Muslim minority …
Russia’s Lavrov in Republic of Congo to Seek Allies, Deflect Western Criticism
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is on a first-ever visit to the Republic of Congo as part of a four-nation tour of Africa to seek support against Western pressure over its invasion of Ukraine and soaring food prices that threaten famine in part…
USAID Chief Visits Mogadishu, Meets With Somalia’s President
Samantha Power, administrator of the U.S. development agency USAID, announced new aid to tackle Somalia’s humanitarian crisis Sunday after meeting with Somalia’s President Hassan Sheikh Mahmud.Power was accompanied by the U.S. Ambassador to Somalia, La…
IMF Sets Conditions for Malawi Aid to Resume
Malawi wants renewed access to the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Credit Facility, or ECF, after a two-year halt. In 2020, the IMF canceled a