Drought in southern Africa is taking a toll on the elephant inhabitants. A scarcity of rain throughout the current sometimes wet season has made meals and water scarce. What’s occurring? The current robust El Niño contributed to a extreme drought in a number of southern African nations. The interval from October by means of April…
After South Africa’s president introduced the biggest cupboard within the nation’s democratic historical past on Sunday, some critics have been questioning whether or not the try to pacify various political pursuits would complicate efforts to sort out the nation’s myriad financial and social issues. President Cyril Ramaphosa had for years promised to shrink the dimensions…
On the eve of the Might 27 common elections, which noticed the ruling African Nationwide Congress lose its majority for the primary time in 30 years of South African democracy, a significant change to the nation’s drug legal guidelines slipped by way of, barely observed by most. Simply in the future earlier than the historic…
10 January 2024 Up to date 24 Could 2024 Picture supply, Getty Photos The Worldwide Court docket of Justice (ICJ) is because of rule on a bid by South Africa to order Israel to cease its navy offensive in Rafah. It’s a part of an ongoing case which started in December 2023 alleging Israel is…
Picture caption, Shedding its majority would power the ANC to type a coalition Article data Creator, Farouk Chothia Position, BBC Information, Johannesburg 29 Could 2024 Up to date 31 Could 2024 South Africa’s ruling occasion, the African Nationwide Congress (ANC), is on the right track to lose its majority in parliament for the primary time…
With 99 p.c of votes counted, outcomes present the ruling ANC will lose its majority and be pressured to hunt coalition companions. With 99 p.c of the ballots counted, the ruling African Nationwide Congress (ANC) is main with simply over 40 p.c share of the nationwide vote, three days after the nation voted in nationwide elections that…
Attachments UNHCR serves 8.8 million folks throughout 16 southern African international locations, together with round 1 million refugees and asylum-seekers, primarily from Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. This determine doesn’t embody disaster-induced IDPs.UNHCR contributes to safety and options for 7.5 million internally displaced individuals (IDPs) within…
Hon. Joyce Nabbosa Ssebugwawo, the State Minister for Data, Communication Expertise (ICT) and nationwide steering has hailed Uganda Martyrs College (UMU) Nkozi for having diligently and satisfactorily used authorities funds. With the funds, UMU was capable of put in place six services beneath the African Centre for Agro ecology and Livelihood Methods (ACALISE) mission funded…
Islamic State fighters on patrol in West Africa (Screenshot/ISIS West Africa) South Africa has up to date its danger of getting used as a hub for terrorist financing from average to excessive because the Islamic State (IS) makes inroads into southern Africa, the Monetary Intelligence Centre (FIC) has warned. The FIC, which gathers and analyses…
Scene from Cape City Pleasure VOICES June is Worldwide Pleasure Month, a worldwide celebration of numerous identities and a second to replicate on the progress made and the continual threats in direction of securing rights, well being and selections for all. Whereas vibrant parades and joyous gatherings dominate in lots of components of the world,…