Ramaphosa uses Africa Day to illicit support for South Africa’s UN Security Council membership
Hosting a lunch for the diplomatic corps in Pretoria commemorating the formation in 1963 of the Organisation of African Unity, President Cyril Ramaphosa seeks international support for South Africa to become a rotating member of the United Nations Security Council next year. Ramaphosa also takes an oblique swipe at US President Donald Trump scrapping the […]
Somaliland and Puntland resume fighting
Barely had a killer cyclone passed over the Horn of Africa and two breakaway states in the troubled region are back at each other’s throats. There’s no clarity about casualties in the resumption of fighting between Somaliland and Puntland. Fighting between these two Horn-of- Africa states was halted by cyclone Sagar that killed dozens and […]
France to plough almost a billion rand into African technology start ups
Ensuring a good news item for Africa Day, French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to plough nearly a billion rand into African technology start ups. He made the announcement to chief executives of the world biggest technology firms at the Technology For Good summit in Paris. Facebook boss Mark Zuckerburg was among those who spoke […]