Land expropriation without compensation would be disastrous for South Africa says US Secretary of State
United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the ANC Government’s plan to expropriate land without compensation will be disastrous for South Africa’s economy. Pompeo was speaking to reporters at the end of a three-nation African safari designed to counter China’s growing influence in Africa. The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the […]
Tunisian face possible election four months after previous poll
Tunisians face the prospect of returning to the polls only four months after Parliamentary and Presidential elections. President Kaïs Saied says he’ll dissolve Parliament today if it rejects the government proposed by his Prime Minister. The majority Ennhada Party is the stumbling block. The Prime Minister from this moderate Islamist party named by President Kaïs […]
Libya peace talks stall after rocket attack on Tripoli port
Libya’s Government of National Accord has pulled out of United Nations-sponsored peace talks in Geneva after rebel forces launched a rocket attack on a port in the capital Tripoli. Ships had to be moved to avoid forest from oil storage tanks set ablaze. Relief at yesterday’s resumption of peace talks on Libya quickly turned to […]
Pompeo ends his empty-handed first safari
US Secretary Of State Mike Pompeo has ended his first African safari in that role and moved on to the Middle East. President Donald Trump’s foreign policy point man came virtually empty handed to counter China’s growing influence in continent he is trying to court. Ironically Mike Pompeo’s last stop on his three- nation safari […]