The United States has suspended talks with Russia over the war in Syria and accused Moscow of not living up to its commitments under a ceasefire agreement. Moscow and Washington had brokered a previous ceasefire but it collapsed last month after several days of relative calm. After weeks of intense[…]
A US-led coalition air strike has killed a senior leader of Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, the former Syrian branch of al-Qaeda, the group has announced, shortly after the Pentagon said it targeted him near Idlib. Ahmed Salama Mabrouk, an Egyptian also known as Abu Faraj, “was martyred after a coalition air[…]
The recent debate by National Treasury around the feasibility of VAT exemptions on sanitary products called to the fore the fact that thousands of impoverished women who are unable to afford sanitary products, battle to go about their lives. In response, one organization has headed their call and developed a[…]
Just as the Haj 2016 season ends, social media is abuzz with reports that both hajj and umrah visa fees have been revised for repeat pilgrims. According to the Saudi Gazette, the Ministry of Haj and Umra, which is located in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, is reportedly instituting new[…]
There is no trace of a home loan in the name of President Jacob Zuma to repay his Nkandla debt of R7.8m, Netwerk24 reported on Sunday. VBS Mutual Bank claims to have lent Zuma the money, but no such a bond has been registered in the deeds office in Zuma’s[…]
President Jacob Zuma says he wants to see an urgent solution to the current crisis in higher education. Government and education stakeholders will hold an urgent meeting in Kempton Park, Johannesburg on Monday morning. They will discuss the wave of violent protests in which students are demanding free education. Several[…]
The South African National Civic Organisation (Sanco) and the Young Communist League (YCL) in the North West say they are concerned about their alliance with the African National Congress (ANC). They say the alliance in this province is just a marriage of convenience, especially during the election period. Sanco’s leadership[…]
S&P Global has lowered MTN Group’s [JSE:MTN] credit rating amid Nigeria’s recent downgrade, sparking more challenges for the mobile network in the West African country. Last month, S&P lowered its long-term ratings on Nigeria to ‘B’ from ‘B+’ amid weak growth dynamics in that country. S&P, though, said that the outlook[…]
Gabon’s prime minister on Sunday named a new government in the wake of disputed elections, but it contained no representatives of opposition leader Jean Ping, who says the vote was rigged. According to a government statement, the only opposition leader named in Prime Minister Emmanuel Issozet Ngondet’s cabinet of 40[…]
US and EU sanctions against Syria are punishing the population and make aid work in the war-torn country almost impossible, a leaked UN report and internal letters have revealed. The restrictive measures contributed to the destabilization of every sector of the economy in Syria that used to be self-sufficient before[…]
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