South Sudan’s fragile peace process faces a severe setback as escalating violence between government forces and armed groups threatens the 2018 power-sharing agreement between President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar. The recent clashes, particularly in the Upper Nile state, have prompted the United Nations to warn of an “alarming regression” that could unravel […]
France’s African soldiers, known ‘as Senegalese tirailleurs’ who fought in the world wars and the country’s colonial conflicts, have now won their final battle — the surviving fighters will be able to live out their days with their families back in Africa after a French government U-turn on their pension rights. The decision, made in […]
A visiting South African delegation, led by Deputy Chairperson of the International Relations Committee at the African National Congress (ANC), Obed Bapela, has called for strengthening economic and trade relations with Morocco. The call was launched after a meeting in Rabat on Monday between the ANC delegation and Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. In a […]
