SA doesn’t agree with Donald Trump’s immigration block
South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba has said his government disagrees with President Donald Trump’s order to block entry to the US for the next three months for people from seven muslim-majority countries – and that blanket bans on particular nationalities are a violation of international law. Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba says Donald […]
Morocco’s AU aspiration will colour election for Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’s successor
With African leaders gathered for the African Union summit in Addis Ababa, Morocco’s King Mohammed VI’s arrived in Ethiopia to reinforce his kingdom’s bid to join the continental body. Morocco insists on maintaining its illegal occupation of the Western Sahara, which is an AU member. Joining under these circumstances threatens to split the body as […]
AChad’s Moussa Faki Mahmat elected African Union Commission chair
Chad’s Moussa Faki Mahamat has been elected African Union Commission head, succeeding Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma. Mahamt beat off four other candidates, three of them. like himself were foreign ministers of their countries. ends intro Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma breathes a sigh of relief that she’s able to come to tend to domestic political priorities. She’s the […]