# Suid-Afrika se permanente verteenwoordiger by die Verenigde Nasies, ambassadeur Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, sê die land dring aan op groter Afrika-verteenwoordiging op die VN-veiligheidsraad. Die raad bestaan uit vyf permanente lede en tien tydelike lede wat vir twee jaar verkies word. Afrika het tans verteenwoordiging onder die raad se verkose lede, maar geen permanente setel […]
# Colombia has withdrawn its support for South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. South Africa instituted proceedings against Israel in December 2023, alleging violations of its obligations under the Genocide Convention in relation to Palestinians in Gaza. Israel has rejected the allegations and denied that its […]
# Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky says he had a positive and productive meeting with US president Donald Trump, as both countries want to see an end to the four-year-old war with Russia. The leaders met on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. They discussed launching Patriot interceptor missile production in […]
# Brasilië se president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, sê sy land sal nie plaaslike of buitelandse inmenging toelaat by wat hy die mense se demokratiese keuse noem nie. Dit kom te midde van toenemende bewerings van buitelandse inmenging by die land se verkiesing in Oktober, waar Lula da Silva sal probeer om ʼn vierde, […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse ondersoekende joernalis, Micah Reddy, wat deur die owerhede in Djiboeti aangehou is, is gister ongedeerd en sonder enige klag vrygelaat. Hy en sy plaaslike skakelpersoon, Kooki Mahmoud, wat ook vrygelaat is, het Saterdagmiddag uit hul hotel in dié Oos-Afrika-land verdwyn. Reddy is die Afrika-koördineerder van die Internasionale Konsortium van Ondersoekende Joernaliste. Niall […]
# President Donald Trump sê hy staan voor ‘n groot besluit oor Iran: ‘n ooreenkoms of algehele vernietiging. Hy het gister die Algemene Vergadering van die Verenigde Nasies toegespreek, waar hy sy dank uitgespreek het teenoor die VN-Veiligheidsraad vir sy eenparige steun vir die VSA se 20-punt-vredesplan vir Gaza, en die amptelike goedkeuring van die […]
# South Africa’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Mxolisi Sizo Nkosi, says the country is pushing for greater African representation on the UN Security Council. The council comprises five permanent members and ten non-permanent members elected for two-year terms. Africa currently has representation among the council’s elected members, but no permanent seat. Nkosi […]
# Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his country will not allow domestic or foreign actors to interfere with what he describes as the people’s democratic choice. This comes amid growing allegations of foreign interference in Brazil’s October elections, in which Lula da Silva is seeking a fourth, non-consecutive presidential term. Addressing the […]
# South African investigative journalist Micah Reddy, who was detained by government authorities in Djibouti, was released unharmed and without charge yesterday. He and his local fixer Kooki Mahmoud, who was also released, disappeared from their hotel in the East African country on Saturday afternoon. Reddy is the Africa Coordinator at the International Consortium of Investigative […]
