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ANC faces dilemma amid losing parliamentary majority
South Africa’s governing African National Congress (ANC) is faced with a tricky dilemma which will determine the future of the country after it spectacularly lost its parliamentary majority in last week’s election, according to a report by BBC. Having won only 40per cent of the vote, the ANC needs to find a coalition partner to secure a majority in parliament…
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Claudia Sheinbaum makes history as first female to win Mexico presidency
Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, is set to become Mexico’s first female president after a landslide victory. She won the presidency with 58.3-60.7 percent of the vote, according to a rapid sample count by Mexico’s electoral authority, in what would be the highest vote percentage in Mexico’s democratic history. The ruling coalition was also…
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Terrorism: Nigeria receives $1m financial assistance from ECOWAS
Nigeria has received $1 million from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to assist terrorism victims in the North East. ECOWAS also allocated $9 million to aid refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), and stateless individuals in its member nations. The Chair of the ECOWAS Permanent Representative Committee Musa Nuhu said this during the 2024 ECOWAS Ambassadors Retreat held in…
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Netanyahu says no Gaza ceasefire until Israel’s war aims are achieved
…raising questions over Biden peace proposal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that the conditions for ending the country’s war in Gaza “have not changed,” raising questions over a peace proposal laid out by US President Joe Biden which he said Israel submitted. During a speech Friday, Biden said Hamas had been degraded to a point where it can no longer carry out…
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Marian Robinson, mother of Michelle Obama, dies at 86
Marian Robinson, the mother of former US First Lady Michelle Obama, has died at 86. In a statement, her family said that Robinson had died “peacefully” on Friday morning. Robinson was a well-known fixture at the White House during the eight years of Barack Obama’s administration between 2009-17. She spent much of that time taking care of her two granddaughters,…
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ANC looks set to share power with DA, others after historic election loss
With most of the results now in from South Africa’s election, the long-ruling African National Congress (ANC) will have to contend with sharing power after a historic loss of its parliamentary majority. Counting in over 91per cent of voting districts is complete and the ANC’s share of the vote currently stands at 40.25 per cent. Trailing behind are the Democratic…
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What Trump’s conviction means for the election
Donald Trump’s criminal conviction presents a remarkable collection of historic firsts. He’s the first former or serving US president to be found guilty of a crime. He’s the first presumptive major-party nominee to become a convicted felon as well. While Trump plans his appeal in the hush-money case, and awaits a sentence on 11 July that could in theory include…
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South Africa election: ANC seen losing majority, DA and Zuma’s party performing well
The African National Congress appeared on course to lose the parliamentary majority it has held for 30 years, partial results from South Africa’s national election showed, in what would be the most dramatic political shift since the end of apartheid. If the final results confirm the loss of its majority, the ANC will be forced to make a deal with…
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Israel extends control of Gaza’s entire land border
Israel’s military has said it has taken control of the strategically important buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border known as the Philadelphi Corridor, meaning it now controls Gaza’s entire land border. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said about 20 tunnels used by Hamas to smuggle weapons into Gaza had been found within the zone. Egyptian TV quoted…
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Burkina Faso joins Mali to extend military rule
Burkina Faso’s military government has announced it will extend junta rule for another five years. Burkina Faso now joined Mali in extending military rule. The country’s ruler, Capt Ibrahim Traoré, will also be able to contest the next presidential election, the state-owned broadcaster says. When he seized power in a coup nearly two years ago, Capt Traore pledged to restore…
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