SENIOR BUREAU OFFICIAL CHECKER: Good morning, it is actually a pleasure to be right here with all of you. Thanks a lot to CSIS for the invitation–and for convening this dialog at such a consequential second. My goal right here is actually simply to obviously and unambiguously speak concerning the Trump administration’s very new and…
Pretoria – Police have arrested a second senior municipal official from the Metropolis of Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality on suspicion of fraud and corruption. “The 40-year-old senior official was arrested this morning on Sunday, 19 April 2026, in Johannesburg,” mentioned police spokesperson Brigadier Athlenda Mathe. He faces expenses of fraud, corruption, and defeating and or obstructing…
Hungary’s political panorama has shifted with uncommon velocity following the decisive electoral defeat of longtime Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, ushering in a brand new governing period led by opposition determine Péter Magyar. The dimensions of the victory by Magyar’s Tisza Celebration alerts greater than a routine change of administration; it marks a structural reset after…
Safety in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad was stepped up visibly on Sunday forward of peace talks between the US and Iran within the coming days. President Donald Trump mentioned US negotiators will probably be in Pakistan on Monday to renew talks on ending the conflict with Iran, little greater than per week after face-to-face talks in…
We, the individuals within the Civilian and Political Seminar of the 2026 Sudan Convention in Berlin, as a part of consultative efforts supported by the Quintet via its engagement with a broad spectrum of Sudanese civilian and political forces, elevate the alarm over the grave humanitarian disaster and the immense struggling of our folks and…
The authorized and institutional framework underpinning South Africa’s common service obligations in telecommunications is now not match for objective, trade leaders have warned. The levy paid by licence holders more and more resembles a normal tax fairly than a ring-fenced contribution to closing the nation’s connectivity gaps, they mentioned. Telecoms licensees pay 0.2% of their…
Sous l’impulsion de son Amicale des femmes, la Loterie Nationale Sénégalaise (LONASE) a célébré, ce 17 avril 2026, la Journée internationale des droits des femmes. Entre bilan social flatteur et views de promotion, le Directeur général a placé l’experience féminine au cœur de la efficiency de l’establishment. Le siège de la LONASE a troqué ses…
Ammsterdam / Berlin — The Intergovernmental Authority on Improvement (IGAD) envoy to Sudan, has mentioned that the ‘quintet’ group — comprising the African Union, IGAD, the United Nations, the European Union, and the League of Arab States — will organise extra superior conferences subsequent month bringing collectively all Sudanese who didn’t participate in Third Worldwide…
From election help within the Central African Republic to patrols within the disputed Abyei area, UN peacekeepers are working in more and more unstable environments – however shrinking assets and new threats, together with drone warfare, are testing their capability to maintain communities protected. Briefing ambassadors within the Safety Council, senior Headquarters and subject officers…
After the ceasefire in Lebanon took maintain, Samah Hajoul headed again to her condo in south Beirut — however solely lengthy sufficient to seize recent garments, feeling safer in her tent as she wonders whether or not the truce will final. “I’m afraid to return to my residence as a result of the scenario is…