On February 22, 2022, United Nations Special Envoy to Syria, Geir Pederson, had set the dates for the seventh, eight, and ninth rounds of the Syrian Constitutional Committee’s proceedings.1 Indeed, two out of the three rounds were held, leaving the ninth round pending since then, conditional on the political changes that the International scene has […]
The Spanish and Egyptian foreign ministers called on the International, community Thursday to rally for a ceasefire in Gaza “as a first step” to peace between “a Palestinian state side by side” with Israel.1 In a joint conference in Cairo Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Spanish counterpart José Manual Albares stated this.2 Albares
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Geneal Bantu Holomisa has urged the public not to put its trust on Cyril Ramaphosa and his ANC in the upcoming general …8 9 10 11 12 President Cyril Ramaphosa is in a tight spot over the report on Phala Phala farm scandal by Public Protector Kholeka Gcaleka.1 The President’s lawyers had requested that the
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More than 10 months in to Sudan’s civil war it has morphed into a low-intensity conflict but with the warring sides seemingly adamant to shun mediation attempts and fight on.1 Analysts, however, say the relative lull in fighting is not stopping the war between the army and powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces from deepening ethnic
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When it comes to electoral reform there has been some headway with the new electoral amendment act that will allow Individuals to contest elections.1 South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has recently signed the amended bill into law to allow individual candidates to contest national and provincial elections independently of political parties.2 However there is a
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There could be a new horizon for South Africa as the largest economy in southern Africa. As both a member of BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and the African Union there is going to be a golden age ahead if the country under President Cyril Ramaphosa can utilize the capacity of the
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