President-Elect Donald J. Trump took to Twitter in the 1st of December on social platform X to speak on the risks of BRICS countries moving away from the Dollar. He is quoted saying: “The idea that the BRICS Countries are trying to move away from the Dollar while we stand by and watch is OVER. …
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Outgoing President Joe Biden arrived in Angola on Monday for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa.Thousands of people lined the streets as Biden entered Angola’s capital, Luanda Biden first stopped in the Atlantic Ocean island nation of Cape Verde for a brief, closed-door meeting with Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva. In Angola, …
One of the most stable countries on the continent, Namibia, has slipped into a political crisis following last week’s fault-prone elections. These polls, the worst organized in post-Namibia’s 34-year history, have culminated in a constitutional dilemma after the outgoing president extended voting by a further three days, from November 27. Depending on which side of …
On the occasion of the passing of the afrocentric grand master teacher, Baba Dr Runoko Rashidi, in August 2021, we as Mutapa Afrocentric Dialogues hosted a tribute lecture. One of the sections of this lecture was titled ‘Critical Moments of Black Resistance That Occurred in the Month of August’. I indicated then that I believed …
At least 76 people have died, and another 240 were injured by gunfire in Mozambique during 41 days of demonstrations to contest the election results, the Mozambican non-governmental organization (NGO) Plataforma Eleitoral Decide said on Monday. According to the report released by the electoral monitoring platform, which includes data from 21 October to 1 December, …
Senegal seeks answers 80 years after French colonial massacre of soldiers. Commemoration prompts renewed calls for an investigation into the killing of African soldiers by the French army in 1944. Senegal has commemorated the 80th anniversary of a colonial-era massacre of African soldiers who fought for France during World War II and were shot by …
ACCRA, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Ghana’s parliament is unlikely to pass a provisional budget before the Dec. 7 general election, former officials and experts say, which risks triggering an unprecedented government shutdown early next year. The West African nation is set to elect a successor to President Nana Akufo-Addo whose two-term mandate ends in January. …
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His Excellency, President Thabo Mbeki (former)Distinguished Guests I wish to thank the Thabo MBEKI Foundation for the invitation to articulate “South Africa’s Vision and Commitment to Shaping a More Inclusive Global Governance System” and to unpack “the Pivotal Role of the Global South and South Africa’s Upcoming G20 Presidency in Advancing Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability”. …
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