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Questions rise on SA former presidents’ delayed request for TRC probe chair’s recusal

Counsel for the South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Cases Inquiry, Advocate Vas Soni has questioned why former Presidents Jacob Zuma and Thabo Mbeki have delayed in seeking to have Justice Sisi Khampepe step down as Chairperson of the TRC Cases Inquiry

Uganda police deny opposition leader’s arrest

Ugandan police denied on Saturday allegations by opposition leader, Bobi Wine’s party that he had been arrested by soldiers as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide re-election

IMF executive board completes latest review of Ethiopia’s financial programme

The executive board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the latest review of Ethiopia’s current financial program yesterday

US approves $400 million counter-insurgency funding for Nigeria, West African countries

The United States (US) has approved over $400 million as funding for counter-insurgency operations in Nigeria and other West African countries for 2026

Death toll in SA province floods rises to 20

The Department of Co-operative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs in South Africa’s (SA) Mpumalanga province has confirmed that another person has died in the severe floods

Migrant boat from from Libya to Italy capsizes, killing three sisters

Three sisters have drowned after the rubber boat that was carrying them and dozens other migrants got into difficulties in the Mediterranean capsized