Category: Foreign News

Zimbabwe Opposition Leader, Morgan Tsvangirai Dies

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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died on Wednesday in South Africa after a long battle with cancer, the vice president of his Movement for Democratic Change party said. “I can confirm that he died this evening. The family communicated this to me,” Elias Mudzuri told Reuters. Tsvangirai, 65, was the MDC candidate in the controversial the 2002 presidential, losing to Mugabe. He later contested the first round of the 2008 presidential election as the MDC-T candidate, taking 47.8 per cent of the vote according to official results, placing him ahead…

Jacob Zuma Resigns, Thanks South Africans, ANC

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The president of South of Africa, Jacob Zuma, has resigned after days of challenging the orders from the ruling African National Congress to leave office. The former anti-apartheid activist, and has been South Africa’s president since 2009, was due to leave power next year. Initially, Zuma inspired hope in millions of South Africans, especially hope amongst the poor. But his time in office was filled with numerous accusations of misconduct. Soon he would come to symbolize the corruption in South Afric. In a televised address to the nation late on…

President Zuma Meets ANC Top 6 `over His Future’

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South African President, Jacob Zuma, will meet the top six officials of the ruling party over his future this weekend, the state broadcaster said on Thursday. Scandal-plagued Zuma has faced calls from within the African National Congress (ANC) to step down since deputy president Cyril Ramaphosa succeeded him as leader of the party in December. Ramaphosa would then be his natural successor. “The meeting is expected to centre around Zuma’s future as head of state,” the South African Broadcasting Corporation posted on its official news feed. The ANC has previously…

SOUTH AFRICA KILLINGS: Police Arrest, Arraign Culprits

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The two South African policemen responsible for the killing and violent attack on Nigerians in Durban and other areas have been apprehended and arraigned in South African Court on Monday January 22. This was confirmed by the Nigeria Consulate in South Africa in a statement sent to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora. The Consulate said Consular officers from the Nigerian Consulate-General in Johannesburg and the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria were in Durban to witness the court proceeding. The accused, were…

Five things George Weah promised Liberians

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Former football star George Weah promised to tackle Liberia’s economic and social problems as he was sworn in on Monday in the first democratic transfer of power for more than 70 years. Here are five things he has pledged to do since his election: – Tackle corruption – Failing to tackle endemic corruption among public officials was a key criticism of the outgoing administration of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Weah said in his inaugural speech that voters had specifically tasked him with rooting out graft. “I believe the overwhelming mandate…

AU Denounces purported PYU Elections;Executives not to Be Recognized

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The African Union has released a press statement, denouncing the elections held by the Pan African Youth Union (PYU), the body officially recognised by the AU as representing the interests of youths in Africa, at the AU Assembly. This comes amidst calls and petitions that have been made by various groups, candidates and country representatives with regards to the outcome of the elections and the electoral process generally. Following the elections held from the 19th to the 21st of December 2017 in Sudan, there were series of complaints and allegations…

Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Killed In Helicopter Crash

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A Key Zimbabwean opposition leader Roy Bennett died in a helicopter crash in a remote part of the U.S. state of New Mexico that also killed four others, authorities said. State Police Lt. Elizabeth Armijo confirmed Bennett’s death Thursday, a day after a helicopter carrying him and five others went down in a mountainous rural area of northern New Mexico. Details of why the 60-year-old Bennett was in the area were not immediately available. The crash injured one person aboard. Obert Gutu, spokesman for Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change…

ABIKE DABIRI-EREWA EULOGISES NIGERIAN FOR RETURNING N150M POSTED TO HIS ACCOUNT IN QATAR

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Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has hailed a Nigerian, Michael Jonathan Asemota a.k.a Teddy for his sincerity and honesty in returning QR1,502,000 ($441,127.99) about N150 million wrongfully posted into his account in Qatar. In a statement by Abdur-Rahman Balogun, Special Assistant on Media to Hon. Abike Dabiri-Erewa stated that the Senior Special Assistant gave the commendation when she received Mr. Michael Asemota in her office on Wednesday in Abuja. Hon Dabiri-Erewa said that such a rare display of honesty and sincerity…

You Must Apologise To Africans, AU Tells Donald Trump

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African Union ambassadors to the UN have demanded an apology from U.S. President Donald Trump for his racist remark on the people of Africa. Trump had at a meeting with American lawmakers described Africans and Haitians as people from ”shithole countries” The group of over 50 nations in a statement said: “the AU expressed its disappointment and outrage over the unfortunate comment made by Mr Donald Trump, President of the United States of America. “The remarks dishonour the celebrated American creed and respect for diversity and human dignity. “While expressing…

U.S., South Korea Start Trade Talks Amid Rising Tensions

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and South Korean officials met in Washington on Friday to begin formally renegotiating a free-trade pact that has served as a source of conflict between the two allies. The meeting came at a moment of heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula and unease in the broader region. The countries focused on their main areas of interest, with the United States emphasizing trade in automobiles and what it considers various barriers to exports, American negotiators said. “We have much work to do to reach an agreement…