JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The African National Congress said on Monday South Africa’s new government has five parties in it so far, representing more than two thirds of the seats in the National Assembly, and talks with other parties were ongoing. Following last month’s election, the ANC was forced to forge alliances with other political parties …
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By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected as South Africa’s president on Friday with the support of once rival parties that have agreed to join his African National Congress (ANC) in a new government of national unity. The ANC – which was forced to share power for the first time in 30 …
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(Adds dropped word “not” in 6th paragraph) HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe police have arrested opposition leader Jameson Timba and 80 youths for holding a political gathering which authorities said was unauthorized, their lawyer said on Monday. Timba took over as interim leader of Citizens Coalition for Change after former leader Nelson Chamisa quit the party …
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DAKAR (Reuters) -Al Qaeda affiliate Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM) group has claimed responsibility for what it said was attack on June 11 that killed over 100 Burkina Faso soldiers in Mansila area near the border with Niger, the SITE Intelligence Group said on Sunday. A spokesman for Burkina Faso’s ruling junta has not …
By Yassin Kombi BUTEMBO, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) -At least seven people have been killed in unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, local officials said on Saturday, after people took to the streets to protest against a surge in deadly attacks by suspected Islamist rebels. The Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), …
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By Wendell Roelf and Nellie Peyton CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) -The African National Congress and its largest rival, the white-led, pro-business Democratic Alliance, agreed on Friday to work together in South Africa’s new government of national unity, a step change after 30 years of ANC rule. Once unthinkable, the accord allowed President Cyril Ramaphosa …
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(Reuters) – Teenager Emmanuel Wanyonyi sprinted to the third fastest 800-metre time in history at the Kenyan Olympics Trials, setting a blistering statement barely a month before the Paris Games. The 19-year-old clocked one minute 41.70 seconds, the quickest time since 2012 and less than a second off the world record of 1:40.91 set by …
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By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – For the first time since Nelson Mandela negotiated an end to white minority rule, former sworn enemies are coming together in South Africa under a pledge to overcome ideological differences for the good of the nation. President Cyril Ramaphosa has said the seismic political shift is a response to …
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected for a second term, having won a majority of votes in the National Assembly, the chief justice said on Friday. Ramaphosa got 283 votes versus 44 for Julius Malema, the leader of the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters party. Earlier in the day the …
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By Alexander Winning and Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Cyril Ramaphosa was re-elected South Africa’s president on Friday, having brokered a deal with the opposition for a government of national unity after his African National Congress party’s worst election result since the end of apartheid. A skilful negotiator, Ramaphosa clinched the agreement with the white-led …
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