African currencies under pressure but Ghana’s cedi to hold firm as Kenya’s slips to Ksh165 to the dollar
The Ugandan shilling is expected to trade in a stable range as dollar inflows from commodity exporters match low importer demand. Commercial banks quoted the shilling at 3,800/3,810, compared with last Thursday’s close of 3,795/3,805.
Unperturbed Israel scoffs at harsh Israeli rhetoric claim that’s central to South Africa’s genocide case
The genocide case against Israel opened last week at the International Court of Justice at The Hague. South Africa is looking to prove that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and that Israel has specific intent to commit genocide. It is using the litany of harsh statements as part of the evidence in its case.
South African case against Israel is an example of activist foreign policy that’s ignored Russia’s crimes in Ukraine
Having taken up the cause of Palestinians in Gaza, South Africa could come under pressure to take up the causes of other groups whose human rights are trampled upon, and which could face genocide. If South Africa really wants to pursue an activist foreign policy, it has to be all-embracing, as no just cause can be neglected. There is no sign that it is prepared to do so.
Vodafone signs $1.5b Microsoft deal with 300 million businesses for AI, cloud and IoT services
Vodafone’s M-PESA mobile money platform, which operates in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and other African countries, shared the same objectives as Microsoft in the region, such as building digital literacy.
Fancied Cameroon struggle to draw with Guinea in their Africa Cup of Nations opening match
The draw at the Charles Konan Banny Stadium in the Ivorian capital followed the opening Group C game where holders Senegal easily disposed of Gambia 3-0.
Weakened Ivory Coast side kicks off Africa Cup of Nations with win in front of 60,000 home fans
Twice winners Ivory Coast next play on Thursday when they face Nigeria in the biggest match-up in the group, while Guinea-Bissau take on Equatorial Guinea on the same day. The games will again be played at Abidjan’s Alassane Ouattara Stadium.
Nelson Mandela’s support for Palestinians endures with South Africa’s genocide case against Israel
Nelson Mandela regularly raised the plight of the Palestinians. Three years after apartheid and white minority rule was dismantled in South Africa and Mandela was elected president in historic all-race elections in 1994, he thanked the international community for its help. He added: “But we know too well that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”
Exploitation: Why environmentalists, human right activists want oil firms out of Africa Cup of Nations
Among other things, TotalEnergies is actively expanding its fossil fuel business and is accused of doing untold damage – displacing communities, affecting water sources and endangering wildlife – by constructing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) through Uganda and Tanzania.
Expanded 32-team Club World Cup compels CAF to review dates for next Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco
If the Cup of Nations were also to be held in mid-2025, it would be a direct clash. Motsepe said CAF were still deciding on the date but suggested it would be moved.
Hosts Ivory Coast coach Jean-Louis Gasset sweats over blunt forward line in Cup of Nations opener
Gasset warned, however, of the quality of their opponents, who have yet to win a game at the finals and are 103rd in the Fifa rankings, 54 places below the Ivorians.
