World & Africa

Trump signs order to cut funding for South Africa over land policy; Ramaphosa says will

By Reuters WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump signed an executive order to cut U.S. financial assistance to South Africa, the White House said
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UN rights body condemns Rwanda and the rebels it backs in neighboring Congo. Violence mounts

By Associated Press GENEVA: The U.N.’s top human rights body on Friday condemned Rwanda’s support of rebel fighters across the
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South African president phones influential billionaire Musk after Trump’s funding threat

By Associated Press CAPE TOWN: South African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with Donald Trump’s “influential” billionaire adviser Elon Musk a
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USAID workers scramble for answers after Trump pulls almost all of them off the job

By Associated Press WASHINGTON: U.S. aid workers around the world scrambled Wednesday to pack up households or take children out
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SA: Land grabs will never be allowed, Minister Macpherson assures investors

By IOL Politics SOUTH AFRICA: Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has promised investors that there will be no land
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‘Keep your America, we will keep our South Africa’ – Ramaphosa hits back at Trump

By Agencies SOUTH Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa has hit back at Donald Trump, telling the United States leader to “keep
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Trump accuses South Africa of ‘confiscating’ land; vows to cut funding over treatment of white

By digitaljournal.com US President Donald Trump on Sunday asserted South Africa was “confiscating” land and “treating certain classes of people
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SA: Daughter of Jacob Zuma arrested on terrorism charges over riots

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG: A daughter of former South African President Jacob Zuma was arrested Thursday and appeared in a court
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DR Congo’s M23 rebels take control of Goma airport, embassies attacked in capital

By Reuters M23-led rebels say they control Goma Some army and pro-government militia still holding out UN says peacekeepers are
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Nine South African soldiers killed as eastern Congo conflict escalates

By Reuters Nine South African soldiers have been killed in eastern Congo’s conflict zone, the South African defence department said
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