Greek authorities have begun an operation to evacuate the country’s largest informal refugee camp of Idomeni on the Macedonian border, blocking access to the area and sending in more than 400 riot police. The government’s spokesman for the refugee crisis, Giorgos Kyritsis, said police would not use force on Tuesday[…]
Pope Francis met the grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Mosque at the Vatican on Monday in a historic encounter that was sealed with a hugely symbolic hug and exchange of kisses. The first Vatican meeting between the leader of the world’s Catholics and the highest authority in Sunni Islam marks[…]
The ad-hoc committee tasked with replacing Public Protector Thuli Madonsela will have until August 31 to report back to the National Assembly. Parliament kick-started the process on Tuesday when ANC chief whip Jackson Mthembu tabled a motion in the National Assembly to establish the committee. Their duty would be to[…]
President Jacob Zuma has applied for leave to appeal a court ruling that 783 corruption charges against him must be reinstated, the Presidency said late on Monday. Zuma gave five reasons for his decision and felt strongly that the High Court in Pretoria had erred in several respects, his office[…]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Monday his rejection of a French initiative for an international peace conference to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, stating once again that he would only consider “direct negotiations” with Palestinian leadership without Palestinian preconditions.“Peace just does not get achieved through international conferences, UN-style,” Netanyahu[…]
The uMkhonto we Sizwe Military Veterans Association (MKMVA) in Nelson Mandela Bay has acknowledged support for the ANC in the Eastern Cape was “dwindling”. At a press conference on Monday, Regional Executive Committee Chairperson Ntsikelelo Kwezi said that the organisation had taken a back seat for long time while they[…]
The young woman at the centre of a sexual harassment complaint against ANC Western Cape chairperson Marius Fransman has slammed the North West police after she was informed via WhatsApp the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) would not prosecute the politician. When asked what “insufficient evidence” meant, North West police spokesperson[…]
Secret phone recordings between Brazil’s planning minister and the former president of Transperto have revealed that the minister suggested a “change” in the government to “stop the bleeding” caused by an investigation into Petrobras. The March conversation between Planning Minister Romero Juca and former Transperto President Sergio Machado took place[…]
At least two people died Monday when Kenya’s police shot, beat and tear gassed demonstrators across the country who called for the electoral commission to be dissolved due to allegations of bias and corruption. The two were shot dead in Siaya County, in western Kenya on the shore of Lake[…]
The head of Egypt’s state-run provider of air navigation services says that EgyptAir flight 804 did not swerve or lose altitude before it disappeared off radar, challenging an earlier account by Greece’s defense minister. Ehab Azmy, head of the National Air Navigation Services Company, told The Associated Press news agency[…]
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