International Politics
Army general named as Madagascar PM
MADAGASCAR - Madagascar’s embattled President Andry Rajoelina has appointed an army general as the new prime minister in a bid to end youth-led...
France’s new PM quits
FRANCE - France’s new Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu has quit just weeks after being appointed to the position.President Emmanuel Macron on Monday accepted Lecornu’s...
SA sends team to Israel over detainees
JOHANNESBURG - The Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) has sent a specialist team to Israel to negotiate release of six detained...
Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard plan
OREGON - An Oregon federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from sending the National Guard into Portland, as the city contends with...
Trump gives Hamas deadline
WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has given Hamas a deadline to accept a US peace plan for Gaza or face ‘all hell’.Trump...
Keir’s lost my vote
LONDON - A former Labour voter who Sir Keir Starmer said made him realise the party had it ‘wrong on immigration’ has said...
Mandla Mandela ‘abducted by Israeli forces’
ISRAEL - Activist and grandson of Nelson Mandela, Mandla Mandela, who was sailing to Gaza aboard a boat which is part of the...
America goes dark
WASHINGTON - The United States Federal Government has officially shut down after Donald Trump shared a behind-the-scenes photo from his failed negotiations with...
Not fit to be PM
LONDON - Keir Starmer drew a furious reaction from Nigel Farage yesterday after accusing him of not ‘liking’ or ‘loving’ Britain. Despite an election probably...
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CBE deploys senior executive for EswatiniBank turnaround
MBABANE – Central Bank of Eswatini (CBE) Chief Operations Officer Mfan’fikile Dlamini has been seconded to EswatiniBank for up to 12 months to...
