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July 9, 2024 11:18 AM

2024 could be world’s hottest year as June breaks records

Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures that some scientists said puts 2024 on track to be the world's hottest recorded year. Every month s...

July 4, 2024 5:15 PM

More than 136,000 displaced by spread of war in southeast Sudan, UN says

More than 136,000 people have fled Sudan's southeastern Sennar state since the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces began a series of attacks on towns, the United Nations said on Wednesday, the latest wave of displacement caused by Sudan's almost 15-mon...

June 26, 2024 4:36 PM

Kenyan protesters promise more rallies after deadly parliament violence

Kenyan protesters vowed on Wednesday to keep up their demonstrations against new tax hikes, a day after police opened fire on crowds trying to storm parliament, leaving at least eight people dead and scores wounded. As heavily armed officers patroll...

June 26, 2024 9:00 AM

EAM S Jaishankar says, India is supportive of Africa’s greater role at UN

Stating that India and Africa must engage and work together "very closely," External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said that New Delhi looks forward to a mutually beneficial and mutually respectful relationship in the true spirit of being a 'Vishwa B...

June 21, 2024 5:27 PM

Namibian court declares laws banning gay sex unconstitutional

A high court in Namibia declared two colonial-era laws that criminalised same-sex acts between men unconstitutional on Friday, in a landmark win for the LGBTQ community in the southern African country. The case was brought by Namibian activist Fried...

June 19, 2024 4:39 PM

South African President Ramaphosa starts new term with multi-party government

South Africa put on a display of pomp and ceremony on Wednesday for Cyril Ramaphosa's inauguration as president for a second term that will see his African National Congress share power with other parties after it lost its majority in parliament. Af...

June 15, 2024 10:18 AM

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected for second term

The South African parliament re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa, the African National Congress's (ANC) President, as the President of South Africa on Friday during the first sitting of the National Assembly of the 7th Parliament. In a post on X, the ANC...

June 14, 2024 7:05 PM

South Africa’s DA reaches agreement on unity government, leader says

South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA) has reached an agreement on joining a government of national unity with the African National Congress after two weeks of negotiations, DA leader John Steenhuisen said on Friday (June 14). Once unthinkable, t...

June 14, 2024 3:12 PM

South Africa governing alliance emerges as new parliament convenes

The African National Congress has agreed to form a government of national unity for South Africa with three other parties including its largest rival, the pro-business Democratic Alliance, public broadcaster SABC reported on Friday. The ANC, which...

June 7, 2024 5:42 PM

South African parties await details of ANC unity government proposal

South African opposition parties said on Friday they were waiting for more details on a proposal by the African National Congress to form a government of national unity after it lost its majority for the first time in the democratic era. The former ...

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