H.E. Mr. Hissein Brahim Taha, Secretary-General of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), welcomed H.E. Amb. Turko Daudov, Permanent Observer of the Russian Federation to the OIC, on Thursday, July 3, 2025, at the headquarters of the General Secretariat. During this meeting, which coincided with the twentieth anniversary of the Russian Federation’s observer status at the OIC, both parties acknowledged the exemplary level of their bilateral relations and explored potential avenues for further collaboration. SOURCE OIC MEDIA
Category: Politics-Africa & International
South Africa Navigates U.S. Attack on Iran
By: Nosmot Gbadamosi,Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief South Africa has issued a notably guarded response to the U.S. bombing of Iranian nuclear sites, urging “dialogue” and a “peaceful resolution” to the conflict. Pretoria’s muted statement—in contrast with its outright condemnation of Israel’s strikes on Iran earlier this month—underscores the diplomatic challenges that it faces as it navigates an increasingly unpredictable administration in Washington. This balancing act may only become more complicated if an Israel-Iran cease-fire fails to hold. In recent years, Pretoria has deepened its ties with Tehran. South Africa has allowed Iranian warships to dock in…
“Trump’s unfounded attack on Cyril Ramaphosa was an insult to all African”-President John Dramani Mahama
If we want to solve injustices in Africa today, we cannot forget the injustices that shaped our shared history The meeting at the White House between Donald Trump and the South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, was, at its heart, about the preservation of essential historical truths. The US president’s claims of white genocide conflict with the actual racial persecution and massacres that took place during the two centuries of colonisation and nearly 50 years of apartheid in South Africa. It is not enough to be affronted by these…
President Ramkalawan Presides Over Official Handover of New SBC Headquarters
The President of the Republic, Mr. Wavel Ramkalawan, accompanied by Vice President Mr. Ahmad Afif, presided over the official handover ceremony of the new Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) headquarters at Union Vale Yesterday morning. Funded through a generous grant from the People’s Republic of China, construction of the state-of-the-art facility commenced in April 2019 and was carried out by Hunan No.6 Engineering Co. Ltd. Despite delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and various technical challenges, the project has been successfully completed to the highest standards. The facility consists of three…
Global Attention Towards Africa Sours
By: Mohammed A. Abu The 6th of March this year witnessed the Canadian Government’s launch of Canada-Africa Strategy-A Partnership for Shared Prosperity and Security. “With this strategy, Canada is leveraging its long-standing partnerships with African countries to unlock unprecedented opportunities for prosperity and stability from which Canadians and the African people can mutually benefit for years to come,” said the Hon. Mélanie Joly, Minister of Foreign Affairs This comes on the back of the African Union and Japan’s expression of commitment to co-creating a Sustainable Future for Africa at a…
Trump’s ‘electroshock’ on Ukraine ends the debate: Europe cannot rely on the US for its security-By Browen Maddox
Independent Thinking Expert comment Published 14 February 2025 Director and Chief Executive,Chatam House The Munich Security Conference begins today with European leaders in a state of shock, following the news that President Donald Trump has spoken directly to Russian President Vladimir Putin in a 90-minute phone call. Trump evidently did so without consulting Ukraine or NATO allies. He announced the call after the fact, along with the news that direct negotiations to end the war in Ukraine would begin ‘immediately’. He proposed a summit in the near future in Riyadh,…
Ghana’s 2025 Presidential Inauguration in Pictures
Ghana gets African and Global Spotlight
Story: Mohammed A. Abu The people of the West African nation of Ghana during the country’s 2024 elections, demonstrated their collective commitment towards the use of their thump power in the change of political administrations bolstered by the long established transition order of peaceful transfer of political power from one administration to another. Flashback Following the restoration of democratic governance in Ghana by a former military ruler J.J. Rawlings in 1992 became a civilian ruler under the forth Republic Constitution and was in power for two terms from 1992-1996. He…
The Nation and Democracy Wins in Ghana
By: Mohammed A. Abu Following the generally peaceful Presidential and Parliamentary elections held on December 7, in the West African nation of Ghana, the Chairperson of the country’s Electoral Commission(EC), Jean Mensa, on December.9, declared the country’s former President John Dramani Mahama as the winner of the country’s 2024 Presidential elections and President elect. According to Jean Mensa, who is also the EC’s returning officer, Mr. John Mahama polled 6,328,397 representing 56.55% of the total ballot cast, while his main contestant, the vice president and presidential candidate of the governing…
The IMF is failing countries like Kenya: why, and what can be done about it
Author: Danny Bradlow Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria First Published,July,2,2024 The recent Kenyan protests are a warning that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is failing. The public does not think it is helping its member countries manage their economic and financial problems, which are being exacerbated by a rapidly changing global political economy. To be sure, the IMF is not the only cause of Kenya’s problems with raising the funds to meet its substantial debt obligations and deal with its budget deficit. Other causes…