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Former South African President Jacob Zuma is the leader of the MK party
Zuma's MK party to join South Africa's opposition alliance
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s former president, Jacob Zuma, has said his political party — uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) — will join the opposition alliance in parliament.He said it would co-ordinate resistance to the governing coalition led by the African National Congress (ANC).Despite this, MK said it maintained that last month's elections were rigged and wanted the results annulled.Zuma’s speech on Sunday was read by MK spokesperson Nhlamulo Ndhlela who said the ANC was no longer part of the solution.Zuma said there was no government of national unity in South Africa and described the partnership as a “white-led unholy alliance between the DA and the ANC of Ramaphosa”.The ANC lost its outright majority for the first time since the end of apartheid and sealed a power-sharing...
June 17, 2024

Zuma's MK party to join South Africa's opposition alliance

Seller Ibrahim Balarabe Wambai says the ram market is very difficult this year
Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims
KANO — “I have slaughtered a ram every year starting from 1976 but this year I can't, I just can't.”Like many of the estimated 100 million Muslims in Nigeria, 78-year-old Mallam Kabiru Tudun Wada is not celebrating Eid al-Adha as he normally would because of the cost-of-living crisis.Muslims around the world traditionally slaughter a ram or another animal on Eid al-Adha, in memory of the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his own son when God ordered him to.The meat is distributed to the poor and needy.Some of the meat is used to prepare a huge feast for the entire family, while friends and neighbors visit each other and eat the food each family has prepared.“In years gone by I could afford at least one ram but things have never been tighter,” Wada told the...
June 16, 2024

Muted Eid celebrations for millions of Nigerian Muslims

Cyril Ramaphosa reacts in parliament after being re-elected president
Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected South African president
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's parliament has re-elected Cyril Ramaphosa as the country's president following a landmark coalition deal between the governing African National Congress (ANC) and opposition parties.The new government of national unity combines Ramaphosa's ANC, the centre-right Democratic Alliance (DA) and smaller parties.In his victory speech, Ramaphosa hailed the new coalition, and said voters expected the leaders to "to act and to work together for the good of everyone in our country".The agreement was hashed out on a day of high political drama, which saw the National Assembly sitting late into the evening for votes to confirm who would hold power in the new administration.Earlier, a deal was struck following weeks of speculation about whom the ANC...
June 15, 2024

Cyril Ramaphosa re-elected South African president

Saulos Chilima has been vice-president for 10 years
Malawi vice president killed in plane crash along with 9 other passengers
LILONGWE — Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima has been killed in a plane crash along with nine other passengers, the country’s President Lazarus Chakwera announced Tuesday.The aircraft went missing after it failed to land at the Mzuzu International Airport, about 380 km (240 miles) to the north of the capital Lilongwe. The wreckage of the plane has been located, Chakwera said Tuesday.“The search and rescue operation I ordered to find the missing plane that carried our vice president and nine others has been completed. The plane has been found. And I am deeply saddened and sorry to inform you that it has turned out to be a terrible tragedy,” Chakwera said.The Malawian leader disclosed that the aircraft was found “completely destroyed” in the Chikangawa Forest, adding that...
June 11, 2024

Malawi vice president killed in plane crash along with 9 other passengers

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Last civilian hospital in besieged Sudan city closed
KHARTOUM — Doctors at one of the last functioning hospitals in the besieged Sudanese city of el-Fasher say they've been forced to close down the facility after it was attacked.The hospital has been supported by the medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) which had described it as the only one left in el-Fasher where injured civilians could receive treatment.For several days there had been reports of shells hitting the city's South Hospital, causing injuries and deaths.But now eyewitnesses say fighters from the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have entered the facility.On Saturday, they drove up to the hospital and opened fire - looting drugs and medical equipment, stealing an ambulance and assaulting staff."Due to the chaos, our team was unable to verify if...
June 10, 2024

Last civilian hospital in besieged Sudan city closed

Nigerian actor Junior Pope
Nigerian star's drowning forces Nollywood to look at safety
LAGOS — The last video that Nigerian actor Junior Pope made for his more than two million Instagram followers eerily foreshadowed his death.“You see the risks, people, we take to entertain you,” the 42-year-old shouts above the noise of a small motor boat as it speeds along the River Niger.He laughs -- it is not clear if it is out of joy or nervousness -- and tells the driver to slow down.“I am begging the captain, that I’m the only child and I have three boys,” the actor -- whose real name was John Paul Odonwodo -- booms as he notices with alarm some water coming into the boat.The next day the Nollywood star was dead. He drowned in the same river, after a boat he was traveling in collided with a fishing canoe.Four others, including film crew members, were also killed.The death...
June 10, 2024

Nigerian star's drowning forces Nollywood to look at safety

Cyril Ramaphosa
South Africa president faces up to poor poll result
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has admitted his African National Congress (ANC) party has suffered a challenging election result, after the party lost its majority for the first time since apartheid ended 30 years ago.The ANC, once led by Nelson Mandela, won 159 seats in the 400-seat parliament in Wednesday's election, down from 230 in the previous assembly.Ramaphosa still described the results as a victory for democracy, calling on rival parties to find common ground - apparently preparing for coalition talks.The opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party has said it is open to coalition talks with Ramaphosa, but it opposes a number of his government's key priorities.With all the votes counted, the ANC finished on 40% - down from 58% at the previous...
June 03, 2024

South Africa president faces up to poor poll result

The election is seen as the biggest test yet to the ruling ANC’s 30 years in power
First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift 
JOHANNESBURG — Early results from South Africa’s election suggest the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time in 30 years.With results in from 13% of polling stations at 10 a.m. local time, support for the ANC stood at 42.5%.The official opposition party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), had 26% of the vote, while the far-left Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) – a splinter party of the ANC – had 8.4%, data from the country’s electoral commission showed.The respected research group CSIR modeled the ANC winning less than 45% of the national poll as of mid-morning on Thursday.Officials of the Independent Electoral Commission have stressed that the official tally could take several days and some larger voting wards could take more time to be...
May 30, 2024

First results in South Africa’s election suggest it is heading for biggest political shift 

ANC supporters wait for President Cyril Ramaphosa to arrive during an election rally on May 19, 2024, in Isipingo, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
South Africans go to the polls in election seen as biggest test yet to ANC’s 30 years in power
JOHANNESBURG — Millions of South Africans are voting in what is expected to be the most pivotal general election since the end of apartheid.For months, polls have shown the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party could lose its majority for the first time since Nelson Mandela led it to power in 1994.While polling can be challenging in South Africa, most analysts believe that the ANC faces its stiffest challenge yet with a population deeply frustrated by the country’s direction. If support for the ANC drops below 50% for the first time, the party will be forced to enter into a coalition government.Voters will have 31 political parties to choose from in the national elections.The process is facilitated by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).ANC leader and South African...
May 29, 2024

South Africans go to the polls in election seen as biggest test yet to ANC’s 30 years in power

Jacob Zuma is the former leader of the governing party and has broken away to lead a new party
South Africa's top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa's highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week's general election.The Constitutional Court ruled that his 15-month prison sentence for contempt of court disqualified him.Zuma was convicted in 2021 for refusing to testify at an inquiry investigating corruption during his presidency which ended in 2018.He has been campaigning under the banner of the newly formed uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) party after falling out with the governing African National Congress (ANC).MK Secretary General Sihle Ngubane said the party was disappointed with the ruling, but it would not affect its campaign."He is still the leader of the party. It [the judgment] doesn't affect our campaign at all," he said.Zuma's face...
May 20, 2024

South Africa's top court bars Zuma from being lawmaker

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