Uncertainty looms in South Africa as ex-president petitions court to halt first sitting of parliament
The legal challenge now asks the Constitutional Court to set aside the commission’s decision to declare the election free and fair, and to order the president to call another election.
Pressure builds as UN warns Gaza civilian deaths in Israel’s hostage raid may constitute war crimes
In response to the statement, Israel’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations in Geneva accused of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights of “slandering Israel”.
US court finds Hunter Biden guilty of lying about drug use to buy gun as president says he won’t pardon son
Some 61 per cent of registered voters responding to a Reuters/Ipsos poll in February said Hunter Biden’s legal troubles would have no impact on whether they voted for his father in November. The poll showed voters divided over whether Hunter Biden’s legal troubles were related to his father’s service as president.
Resilience facility: IMF in staff level agreement with Kenya, urges fiscal consolidation
Although Kenya has been facing liquidity challenges since 2022, it managed to sell a new $1.5 billion Eurobond from international markets in February, albeit at a steep price, to partly buy back another Eurobond that is maturing in June.
Malawi’s vice president, nine others confirmed dead after their plane’s wreckage is found
Hundreds of soldiers, police officers and forest rangers had searched for the plane since it went missing on Monday at around 10am, while making the 45-minute flight from Lilongwe to Mzuzu, around 370 kilometres (230 miles) to the north.
