South Africa will attend next year’s G20 summit in the US and will not entertain any boycotts, despite Washington’s decision to skip last month’s gathering in Johannesburg, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s spokesperson has said. Vincent Magwenya told journalists at a media briefing on Monday that Pretoria has urged all G20 members …
Read More »Trump threatens military action in Africa
US President Donald Trump has ordered the Department of War to prepare for possible military action in Nigeria, accusing the West African nation of allowing the killing of Christians by Islamist militants. Nigeria, a country split between a Muslim-majority north and a largely Christian south, has long been plagued by …
Read More »South Africa to repatriate foreign prisoners
The South African government is advancing consultations within the Justice, Crime Prevention, and Security Cluster to establish a law that would facilitate the transfer of foreign nationals serving time in South African prisons. This initiative, spearheaded by Correctional Services Minister Pieter Groenewald, is being undertaken in conjunction with discussions with …
Read More »Breakaway region in Africa rejects key port offer to US
Somaliland has rejected an attempt by Somalia to grant the US exclusive control of the ports and airbases in the breakaway territory’s main coastal city of Berbera, calling the move a “foolish interference” in its internal affairs. Somaliland declared its independence from Somalia in 1991, following the overthrow of Somali …
Read More »Are white farmers really persecuted? What’s behind the US-South Africa spat
On March 15, 2025, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared South African Ambassador to the US Ebrahim Rasool persona non grata following Rasool’s public remarks accusing US President Donald Trump of heading the global white supremacy movement. This marks another crisis in the relationship between Washington and Pretoria, which …
Read More »Israel ignoring UN court order – South Africa
South Africa has accused Israel of disregarding a ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordering it to prevent killing civilians in its war in Gaza against the Palestinian militant group Hamas. South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor told reporters in Pretoria on Wednesday that the Israeli government has …
Read More »South Africa reacts to ICJ ruling on Gaza ‘genocide’
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has welcomed Friday’s ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which ordered Israel to take all necessary steps to prevent genocide in Gaza following a case brought by Pretoria. Speaking for a televised address, the president celebrated his country’s “unprecedented action” in taking Israel …
Read More »Unstoppable march of the Global South: How Russia and Africa made 2023 a pivotal year for bilateral relations
The year 2023 seems to have been another ‘Year of Africa’, with significant media attention drawn to developments across the vast continent. Indeed, the region’s 54 countries and nine core regional blocs (SADC, ECOWAS, and others) have a lot of stories to offer. Throughout the year, coups failed and succeeded, …
Read More »Russia more trusted than West in Africa – tycoon
Russia enjoys the trust of most African nations in stark contrast to their former Western colonial masters, Russian businessman Konstantin Malofeyev has claimed, speaking to the Financial Times. He also predicted that the death of Yevgeny Prigozhin, whose Wagner PMC is active in several countries on the continent, will not …
Read More »MI6 plans to send Ukrainian mercenaries to Africa – media
The UK foreign intelligence service MI6 has allegedly prepared a group of saboteurs to disrupt Russia’s growing economic cooperation with African states, an unnamed military-diplomatic source told the RIA and TASS news agencies on Wednesday. The British spy agency created a “sabotage hit squad” consisting of some 100 Ukrainian “nationalist …
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