Aziz Pahad says Donald Trump knows less about Africa that any US president
Former deputy foreign minister Aziz Pahad says US president Donald Trump knows less about Africa than any of his predecessors. He says South Africa’s foreign policy is going to deal with the narrow nationalism of America first that Trump has signaled to the world. As chairman of the South African Council on International Relations, Aziz […]
Female Nigerian suicide bombers use babies to avoid detection
Female suicide bombers in Nigeria are blowing themselves up while carrying babies to avoid detection. Authorities warned the sick tactic could become a “dangerous” trend among terrorists after nine people died in a blast earlier this month. Two of the suicide bombers who carried out the January 13 attack at a market in Madagali, in […]
Turkish President’s safari clouded by his fight with Gulen
The three-nation East African safari currently being undertaken by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is coloured by his domestic political battle with a humanitarian organization he accuses of being a terrorist movement. In Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar, Erdogan is pressing authorities to close down schools run by the organization of Fethullah Gulen. Turkey’s courted Africa […]