The South African president Cyril Ramaphosa responded to recent threats by President Trump by saying his country would “not be bullied” in a speech. It was seen as a reaction to Trump’s cut of funding to South Africa, but Ramaphosa didn’t mention Trump by name. This remark was made in South Africa’s version of a State of the Union address,… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.reuters.com/world/stark-divide-that-south-africas-land-act-seeks-bridge-2025-02-09/ Earlier this month South African president Cyril Ramaphosa signed an expropriation act, aiming to redress the gaping land inequalities in a region of the State. Fateng Tse Ntsho is a township in South Africa that houses over 7,000 Black South Africans. These people live in huddled houses with metal rooves and nothing but miles of grasslands… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/trump-south-africa-afrikaners-0120efec17122b47e3371e0e39fe1db8 A plan that President Donald Trump announced which offered refugee status in the United States to South Africa’s white minority, was rejected in a recent response by the group. Trump signed an executive order that halted all aid to South Africa in punishment for Trump’s team’s claims of “rights violations” by the South African government on… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00091735.html On January 20, 2025 US president, Donald Trump, and his administration issued an executive order to freeze foreign aid for 90 days. This in turn reduced funding for critical programs that address hunger, health, and education in needy regions of the world. Africa has been one of the regions to benefit the most from the US’s… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00091809.html Earlier in the week a ceasefire agreement was reached between Congo and The M23 Rebels. This was a ceasefire on humanitarian grounds for a safe passage of the hundreds of thousands of displaced people from these conflicts. However recent events have shown that the Rwandan backed rebels aren’t following it. They gained ground on Eastern Congo… Read more »