Turk Mehmet Vefa Dag seeking presidency in South Africa

EU, France pledge 2 million euros to back elections in Madagascar

The European Union (EU) and France Thursday vowed to assist Madagascar with one million euro each for the presidential elections slated to take place in the African country next November. The pledged funds will go into a basket Fund set up by the UNDP, earmarked to back the electoral process. The independent Electoral mission indicated […]

Imminent return of Morocco’s ambassador to Germany as tension eased

Morocco’s ambassador to Germany Zohour Alaoui is expected to return to Berlin after German authorities have voiced a clear support to Morocco’s autonomy plan offered for the Sahara under its sovereignty. Rabat recalled its ambassador to Berlin last May and suspended all cooperation ties and contacts with the German embassy in Rabat and German political […]

South Africa’s battered ANC seeks coalition to stay in power

South Africa’s ANC, which ruled the country for three decades, seeks to join a coalition government after it obtained only 40% of the votes in the May 29 elections. The debacle of ANC was expected as polls showed a falling popularity of the party that ruled what used to be Africa’s richest country since the […]