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Factbox-South Africa’s Ramaphosa set to be re-elected president. What happens next?

14 Jun 2024

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -Cyril Ramaphosa was set to be 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 …

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South African President Ramaphosa nominated for re-election

14 Jun 2024

CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was nominated for re-election on Friday by a lawmaker from his African National Congress (ANC) party during parliament’s first sitting after last month’s election. The opposition Economic Freedom Fighters’ Julius Malema was also nominated for the position of president of the country, meaning there will now …

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Islamic State claims responsibility for attack that killed at least 42 in eastern Congo

14 Jun 2024

CAIRO (Reuters) – Islamic State on Friday claimed responsibility for an attack in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s North Kivu province, the group said in a statement on its Telegram channel. The attack, which took place on Wednesday in the village of Mayikengo in Lubero territory, left at least 42 people dead according to two …

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South Africa’s KZN province elects IFP member as premier in setback for Zuma

14 Jun 2024

By Nqobile Dludla JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature on Friday elected an Inkatha Freedom Party member as its premier, picking him over the candidate put forward by the uMkhonto we Sizwe party led by former President Jacob Zuma. Thami Ntuli’s election effectively shut out MK from governing the province, even though it was …

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Broad strokes now, details to follow for South Africa’s new coalition

14 Jun 2024

By Nellie Peyton JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – At least four South African political parties agreed on Friday to work together in a new government, but many questions remained about how they will divvy up key jobs and reconcile opposing policy positions. The African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in a May election for the first …

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US to provide over $315 million in additional aid for Sudan

14 Jun 2024

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. will provide more than $315 million in additional humanitarian assistance to support the people of Sudan, who are facing the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power said on Friday. Power called on Sudan’s warring army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to stop …

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Exclusive-Ivory Coast cocoa regulator targets intermediary buyers in sector reform

14 Jun 2024

By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Ivory Coast’s cocoa regulator plans to implement a reform of the domestic cocoa marketing system that will, within a year, eliminate middlemen to prevent risk and overpayment, an official and sources told Reuters. The reform will target intermediaries who act as scouts and buyers, sourcing cocoa beans from farms …

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UN says cross-border female genital mutilation impeding eradication efforts

14 Jun 2024

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office on Friday warned that the global fight against female genital mutilation was being undermined by families crossing borders to have girls undergo the procedure. A report by the U.N. rights office found that some families in countries where the practice is banned were travelling to neighbouring …

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South Africa’s ANC in eleventh hour talks over unity government as deadline nears

13 Jun 2024

By Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, South Africa (Reuters) -South Africa’s African National Congress said late on Thursday that several other parties had agreed to join it in a unity government but the details were not yet finalised, the night before the newly-elected parliament was due to sit. The former liberation movement has been holding hurried …

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