Journalist, Editor and authoritative commentator on African Affairs. Radio talk-show host and prominent guest speaker.
Nobel Peace Prize laureate Abiy Ahmed doesn’t like being called a warmonger. The Ethiopian premier has his Attorney General Gedion Timotios out there telling the international media that his hand has been forced. “Winning the Nobel Peace Prize doesn’t take away his responsibility as the Commander in Chief,” Timotios tells
China’s new ambassador to South Africa Chen Xiaodong says his host country and continent will benefit from the Chinese COVID vaccine when it is distributed. Like the rest of the world caught up in the pandemic, Africa waits impatiently for a vaccine. Baffling the experts, Africa has had comparatively low
I am interviewing Mohamed Beissat who has just presented his credentials to President Cyril Ramaphosa as the Ambassador of Western Sahara. This is the second time that he has represented the Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic in Pretoria, Beissat explains what coming back to South Africa means.
Police are deploying additional personnel along the arterial motorway between the commercial capital Johannesburg and the port city of Durban following a string of attacks on heavy trucks spurred by local drivers opposed to foreigners being used to haul freight. A 55-year-old driver died from injuries sustained when his truck
Beijing’s new ambassador to Pretoria says South Africa will benefit when China’s anti COVID vaccine goes out to the world. Chen Xiadong was speaking at a webinar hosted by the National Press Club on the third volume by Xi Jinping on the governance of China and the 19th Central Committee
Is Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed heading towards becoming the least deserving Nobel Peace Prize laureate since Aung San Suu Kyi? Ahmed won the coveted prize last year largely for forging a complex and difficult peace with neighboring Eritrea. In doing so he greatly assisted stability in the Horn of
President Cyril Ramaphosa has pressed the summit of the world wealthiest countries tonsure an inclusive economic recovery from the COVID pandemic. Speaking to the virtual meeting hosted by Saudi Arabia, Ramaphosa said the coronavirus pandemic has had a unprecedented impact on health, societies and economic around the world. “In the
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman says the world’s richest countries must cooperate to overcome the unprecedented shock of the COVID 19 pandemic. He was speaking at the opening of the G20 summit in Riyhad which is being hosted for the first time by the kingdom. President Cyril Ramaphosa
The seven-year-old South Africa – Lesotho joint cooperation commission has been revitalized as the leaders of the two countries instructed last June. The mountain kingdom entirely surrounded by South Africa has had political problems this year that eclipsed its struggle with the COVID pandemic. Octogenarian Prime Minister Tom Tabane quit
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