# Suid-Soedan se president, Salva Kiir, is in Suid-Afrika vir ‘n amptelike besoek en sal na verwagting hoëvlak-gesprekke met president Cyril Ramaphosa voer. Ramaphosa is voorsitter van die Afrika-Unie se ad hoc-komitee oor Suid-Soedan. Die gesprekke vind plaas te midde van toenemende kommer oor die uitvoer van Suid-Soedan se hersiene vredesooreenkoms voor die verkiesing later […]
# Norway’s Energy minister, Terje Aasland, says the country will continue developing its oil and gas resources in the Barents Sea regardless of the European Union’s support for a moratorium on Arctic hydrocarbon supplies. Norway has become Europe’s largest supplier of natural gas following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, meeting around 30-percent of gas demand […]
# Pous Leo vra internasionale hulp om die uitwerking van ‘n Ebola-uitbreking in die Demokratiese Republiek die Kongo te beperk, wat tot dusver meer as twee-duisend-500 lewens geëis het. Amptenare van die Verenigde Nasies sê die uitbreking versprei vinnig oor ‘n groot gebied in die land. Die pous het op St Petrusplein aan pelgrims gesê […]
# Nieu-Seeland se eerste minister, Christopher Luxon, gaan ‘n nuwe wetsontwerp in die Parlement indien wat voorstel dat onder-16s verbied word op sosiale mediaplatforms. Wetsontwerpe moet drie stemrondes slaag voor dit bekragtig kan word. Australië het verlede jaar die eerste land geword om toegang tot sosiale media vir onder-16s te verbied. Luxon sê sosiale media […]
# Pope Leo is calling for international action to help contain the impact of an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which has so far claimed more than two-thousand-500 lives. According to United Nations officials, the outbreak has spread rapidly across a vast area of the Central African country. The pontiff told pilgrims […]
# South Sudan president Salva Kiir is in South Africa for an official visit and is expected to hold high-level talks with president Cyril Ramaphosa. Ramaphosa chairs the African Union’s ad hoc committee on South Sudan. The talks come as South Sudan prepares for elections later this year amid concerns over the implementation of the […]
# New Zealand’s prime minister, Christopher Luxon, will introduce a new bill in Parliament proposing the banning of under 16s from using social media platforms. Bills are required to pass three rounds of voting before becoming law. Australia became the first country to ban social media for under 16s last year. Luxon says social media […]
# Iran se veiligheidshoof, Mohsen Rezaei, waarsku Teheran is bereid om Amerikaanse oliemaatskappye en ander ekonomiese belange in die streek te teiken indien Amerika sy ekonomiese oorlog uitbrei. Die Amerikaanse minister van Finansies, Scott Bessent, gaan vandag na verwagting nuwe sanksies teen Iran aankondig. Rezaei dreig ook dat Teheran alternatiewe roetes sal teiken wat gebruik […]
# Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, has warned that if the US expands its economic war, Tehran is prepared to target American oil companies and other economic interests in the region. This comes as US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is expected today to announce new sanctions against Iran. Rezaei has also threatened that Tehran would […]
