Naledi Pandor will speak to Africa ambassadors in Pretoria about attacks on foreigners
Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor regrets having to close South Africa’s High Commission in Abuja and Consul General in Lagos. Her statement does not indicate how long their doors will be shut. The security situation in Nigeria is somewhat unpredictable, says foreign minister Naledi Pandor because of youths attacking the diplomatic missions […]
Tunisian TV mogul must continue campaigning for the presidency from a jail cell
Tunisian judges have refused an appeal by a jailed television mogul to be released to campaign in next week’s presidential election. Nabil Karoui is one of the favorites in the field of 26 candidates. Nabil Karoui prefers to present himself as a political outsider. But that does not include campaigning from a jail cell where […]
Pope Francis sees President Felipe Nyusi on first full day of his Mozambique visit
Pope Francis will see President Felipe Nyusi on the first full day of his visit to Mozambique. He’ll also see community leader civil society activists and the diplomatic corps ahead of mass in Maputo tomorrow. Visiting Mozambique lets Pope Francis concentrate on two main themes of his pontificate: care for the planet and compassion for […]
Pope unlikely to directly criticise Morocco’s human rights record
In his meeting today with Mozambique’s President Felipe Nyusi, Pope Francis is unlikely to address human rights concerns as directly as watchdog group Amnesty International would like . He did not do this either Morocco or Egypt – two of his four previous African visit – that arguably have more deplorable human rights records than […]