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Damaged by graft scandals and a poor economic record, Ramaphosa's ANC lost its absolute majority in May

Quelimane Mayor Urges South Africa To Increase Intervention In Mozambique

Quelimane's Mayor Manuel Lopes de Araujo warned that if peace is not restored in Mozambique, it could have serious consequences for South Africa's economy. He pointed out that the Maputo port is crucial for South Africa, as it is the closest port to Johannesburg, where minerals are exported.
US President-elect Donald Trump has launched a slate of lawsuits that critics worry could push media to self-censor

With Spate Of Lawsuits, Trump Goes After US Media

On Monday, the billionaire sued pollster Ann Selzer, the Des Moines Register newspaper and its parent company Gannett over a pre-election poll that -- wrongly, come Election Day -- saw him behind in the state.
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Macron said he was looking for a 'new method' to identify a new prime minister

France's Macron To Host Party Leaders In Quest For New Govt

Shutting out the far-right National Rally (RN) and hard-left France Unbowed (LFI), the effort to find a way forward comes as caretaker ministers scramble to clarify France's 2025 finances, after the previous administration fell over its cost-cutting budget plans.
AFP news Dec 10, 2024
Pressure is mounting on French President Macron to name a new prime minister

Pressure Grows On France's Macron To Name New PM

Last week far-right and hard-left lawmakers joined efforts to oust the minority government of Prime Minister Michel Barnier in a historic no-confidence vote following a standoff over an austerity budget.
AFP news Dec 09, 2024
Former Ghana president and presidential candidate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama, 66, hopes to make a political comeback in Saturday's election

Historic Election Comeback For Ghana's Mahama

His win marks a historic victory, making him the first president in the three decades of Ghana's Fourth Republic -- since the 1992 return to multi-party democracy -- to reclaim the presidency after being voted out.
AFP news Dec 09, 2024
Michel Barnier became the shortest-serving prime minister of France's Fifth Republic

French PM Meets Macron To Resign After No-confidence Vote

Poised to be contemporary France's shortest-serving premier, Barnier arrived at the Elysee Palace just after 0900 GMT for the resignation formality, with the outgoing premier and government constitutionally obliged to step down after the defeat in parliament.
AFP news Dec 05, 2024
Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah becomes the first woman to rule the mineral-rich southern African country that has been governed by the SWAPO party since independence in 1990

Namibia Elects Its First Woman President

Nandi-Ndaitwah, 72, becomes the first woman to rule the mineral-rich southern African country that has been governed by the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) since independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990.
AFP news Dec 04, 2024
Michel Barnier's government could be toppled over opposition to his budget-tightening plan

French Government Risks Falling In No-confidence Vote

The toppling of the Barnier government after just three months in office would present President Emmanuel Macron with an unenviable dilemma over how to go forwards and who to appoint in his place.
AFP news Dec 04, 2024
In Pakistan, deepfakes are being weaponised to smear women in the public sphere with sexual innuendo deeply damaging to their reputations in a country with conservative mores

Deepfakes Weaponized To Target Pakistan's Women Leaders

Deepfakes -- which manipulate genuine audio, photos or video of people into false likenesses -- are becoming increasingly convincing and easier to make as artificial intelligence (AI) enters the mainstream.
AFP news Dec 03, 2024
Barnier faces the his biggest parliamentary challenge since taking office in September

France's PM Risks Tumbling In Hostile Parliament Vote

Barnier, a conservative appointed by President Emmanuel Macron in September after an inconclusive general election, has no majority in parliament and lives under the constant threat of a no-confidence vote that would, if successful, force him and his team to step down.
AFP news Dec 02, 2024
Polls open at 0700 GMT until 2200 GMT, with counting due to start on Saturday

Ireland Votes In Closely Fought General Election

Voting got under way in Ireland on Friday in a general election in which the two centre-right coalition partners are neck-and-neck with opposition party Sinn Fein after a campaign marked by rancour over housing and cost-of-living crises.
AFP news Nov 29, 2024
US President-elect Donald Trump picked Kevin Hassett as his top economic advisor, bringing his former Council of Economic Advisers chair back on his team

Trump Names Trade Envoy, Top Economic Advisor To Fill Policy Team

Donald Trump on Tuesday named Jamieson Greer his trade representative, a key figure in implementing the president-elect's economic agenda, particularly his plans to use tariffs to raise revenue and help bring more manufacturing to US shores.
AFP news Nov 27, 2024
President-elect Trump has said he would start a campaign of mass deportation 'on day one' of his new administration

Trump's Mass Deportation Plan Could End Up Hurting Economic Growth

President-elect Donald Trump's hardline immigration proposals -- including a controversial mass deportation plan -- could prove economically damaging, analysts say, with US sectors that rely heavily on foreign workers like agriculture and construction especially hard hit.
AFP news Nov 25, 2024
Sri Lanka's President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (L) and Speaker Ashoka Ranwala arrive for the opening of parliament

Sri Lanka's President Makes U-turn On IMF Bailout

The $2.9 billion loan secured early last year required Colombo to sharply raise taxes, remove generous energy subsidies and agree to restructure more than 50 loss-making state enterprises.
AFP news Nov 21, 2024
Brendan Carr said he was 'humbled and honored' to be nominated for the role

Trump Taps Big Tech Critic Carr To Lead US Communications Agency

Carr has "fought against the regulatory Lawfare that has stifled Americans' Freedoms" and will "end the regulatory onslaught that has been crippling America's Job Creators and Innovators, and ensure that the FCC delivers for rural America," Trump said in the statement.
AFP news Nov 18, 2024
Thursday's election have failed to generate the level of enthusiasm -- or violence -- seen at previous polls, analysts say

Sri Lanka President Eyes Parliament Win In Snap Election

The 55-year-old hopes to grab two-thirds of the legislature's 225 seats to press ahead with reforms after the country's economic meltdown two years ago, when then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was ousted.
AFP news Nov 14, 2024
Supporters of the main opposition party Waddani

Somaliland To Vote Amid Horn Of Africa Tensions

The territory on the northwest point of Somalia unilaterally declared independence in 1991 and has been far more stable and peaceful than the rest of the country since then.
AFP news Nov 11, 2024

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