Tag Archives: South Africa

?Trump is bringing white South Africans to the US as refugees, but what persecution are they facing

Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo CAPE TOWN, South Africa — The Trump administration is bringing a small number of white South Africans to the United States as refugees next week in what it says is the start of a larger relocation effort for a minority group who are being persecuted by their Black-led …

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Israel’s ambassador is ejected from an African Union event

    Muhamad Yehia.. Cairo Israel’s ambassador to Ethiopia was ejected from an African Union event this week and has described it as outrageous. An Israeli official on Wednesday told The Associated Press the ejection from the annual event commemorating the 1994 Rwanda genocide was at the request of AU …

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South Africa responds to U.S. expulsion of Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool

Muhamad Yehia The South African presidency has expressed regret over the expulsion of its Ambassador to the U.S., Ebrahim Rasool. In a post on X, South Africa has called on all stakeholders to maintain diplomatic decorum in handling the matter and reiterated its commitment to a strong relationship with the …

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Trump to Suspend Funding to South Africa Over Land Expropriation

Muhamad Yehia President Donald Trump said on Feb. 2 that he would suspend future U.S. funding to South Africa in response to the country’s new controversial expropriation law, which allows land seizures by the state. In a Truth Social post, Trump accused South Africa of seizing land and “treating certain …

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Hundreds march to mark 35 years of Pride Johannesburg in South Africa

  Muhamad Yehia JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of people marched Saturday in South Africa to mark 35 years of Pride Johannesburg, an annual event that has been critical in advocating equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community. The march in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, was a colorful spectacle but also …

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‘South Africa submits its main legal claim to the top UN court which accuses Israel of genocide

Muhamad Yehia THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The South African legal team delivered a nearly 5,000-page document to the United Nations’ top court on Monday, the latest step in a case the country brought accusing Israel of committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. The document, which the International Court of …

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Hundreds march to mark 35 years of Pride Johannesburg in South Africa

Muhamad Yehia JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of people marched Saturday in South Africa to mark 35 years of Pride Johannesburg, an annual event that has been critical in advocating equal rights for the LGBTQ+ community. The march in the Sandton district of Johannesburg, was a colorful spectacle but also an …

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Rwanda’s Marburg outbreak is under control, Africa’s health chief says

Muhamad Yehia KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — An outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever is under control and travel bans targeting the East African country are unnecessary, the head of Africa’s top public health agency said Thursday. Rwanda declared the outbreak on Sept. 27 and has so far reported that 13 people …

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Whitney Houston’s epic 1994 performance in South Africa will hit theaters as a concert film

Muhamad Yehia LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston ‘s epic concert in South Africa staged after President Nelson Mandela’s landmark election will be hitting theater screens this fall. Houston’s performance in 1994 has been turned into a fully-remastered theatrical release called “The Concert for a New South Africa (Durban),” according to a …

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Taiwan rejects South African demand to move its representative office from capital

Muhamad Yehia TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan has rejected South Africa’s demand that it move its representative office in the country from the capital, Pretoria, to the commercial center of Johannesburg, in the latest attempt by the self-governing island republic to push back against Chinese moves to diplomatically isolate it. …

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