President Ramaphosa welcomes Riek Machar’s participation in peace talks with Salva Kiir
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s welcomes today’s participation in South Sudanese peace talks of rebel leader and former Deputy President Riek Machar who’s been sheltering in South Africa since being chased out of the capital Juba nearly two years ago. The talks will be mediated by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa. Conflict between South […]
Lawyers for Human Rights lambastes Home Affairs on World Refugee Day
On World Refugee Day, Lawyers For Human Rights has told President Cyril Ramaphosa that South Africa’s using detention and deportation as inhumane tools to manage migration. The watchdog’s open letter to the President says Home Affairs is in crisis, operating in flagrant disregard of constitutional values, cripplingly inefficient and poorly managed, with reports of widespread […]
At least 17 die in Abidjan flooding
At least 17 people have been killed by torrential downpours in the middle of Ivory Coast’s rainy season. Rescued teams have saved 115 people from submerged houses and authorities are searching for more bodies. Flash floods up to two-and-a-half meters deep have hit the capital Abidjan from the salubrious Cocody district housing embassies and the […]