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DRC, Uganda join forces to free 37 ADF hostages
Gabon approves new electoral law
Mozambique opposition leader open to serving in government
Italy arrests Libyan on ICC warrant
CAR and Russia strengthen political ties
Africa holds breath as Trump takes over.
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EASTERN AFRICA
DR CONGO
Belgium probes Apple over alleged use of Congo ‘blood minerals’
The Financial Times reported on Monday that Belgian authorities launched an investigation into Apple Inc. over an alleged use of “blood minerals” from the Democratic Republic of Congo. In December, lawyers representing the DRC filed a criminal complaint against Apple’s subsidiaries in Belgium and France, claiming they used minerals provided by armed groups that commit atrocities in eastern Congo to manufacture their electronic devices, adding that there is a “massive laundering and greenwashing operation” in this case. Apple previously stated that it “strongly disputes” these allegations.
DR Congo, Uganda Join Forces to Free 37 Hostages Captured by ADF Rebels
The DR Congo army freed over 37 hostages captured by the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a criminal rebel group operating in the region. The soldiers delivered the captives, among whom were women and children, on Jan. 16, in Beni, North Kivu area of the country. Mak Hazukay, military spokesperson in the North Kivu province, said the hostages were released during joint operations by the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) and the DR Congo army against the rebels. The civilian captives had spent nights with the military before they were eventually reintegrated into the community. The president of the Beni civil society, Pepin Kavota, however, called on the population to ensure that the former hostages were not stigmatised after the hard times they passed in captivity.
East Congo hospital sees ‘influx’ of wounded as conflict escalates
A hospital in Goma has taken in more than 200 wounded since early January as fighting intensifies in eastern Congo, say the Red Cross and local sources. In recent weeks, the Congo’s restive east has seen escalating clashes between the Congolese army and the M23 Movement — an armed group backed by Rwanda. With the M23 closing in on Goma, the provincial capital’s hospital has had to tend to more and more people hit by the fighting, according to the Red Cross…On Monday the fighting reached the hills of Sake, a town approximately 20 kilometers west of Goma. Several security sources report the intensity of the fighting is currently at a level not seen for months, with a high number of deaths and the use of heavy artillery.
More than 230,000 displaced in DRC since start of the year, UN says
More than 230,000 people have been displaced since the beginning of the year amid escalating violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to the United Nations. The UN refugee agency UNHCR on Friday described the displacement as “the most alarming” humanitarian crisis in the world. A UNHCR spokesman noted that intense fighting in the Masisi and Lubero territories forced approximately 150,000 people to flee their homes between January 1 and 6 alone. Many returned briefly during a lull in fighting on January 4, but were forced to flee once more as new fighting erupted, according to the UN.
’Symbol of resistance’: Lumumba, the Congolese hero killed before his prime
Sixty four years after his murder, the aborted legacy of Congo’s first prime minister Patrice Lumumba, still haunts many. Sixty-four years on, Patrice Lumumba remains a symbol of African resistance, while many Congolese still carry the burden of his aborted legacy – whether they favoured his ideas or not…. But it was after Lumumba’s supposed “radicalisation” – when he was seen to be forging ties with the Soviet Union – that he found himself in Western crosshairs as they considered him as a threat to their interests during the crucial Cold War period, historians say. In the end, only one tooth of Lumumba’s remained, which was stolen by a Belgian policeman and only returned to Lumumba’s relatives in 2022
ETHIOPIA
Boat accident kills 20 Ethiopian migrants off Yemen coast
Twenty Ethiopian migrants were killed when their boat from Djibouti capsized off Yemen, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Tuesday. Yemen’s coastal waters are among the world’s most dangerous migrant routes, according to the IOM, which documented more than 60,000 migrant arrivals in Yemen in 2024. Most Ethiopian migrants travelling through Yemen are seeking to reach Gulf countries, motivated by conflict, climate change and a lack of economic prospects, the UN body said. Since 2014, the UN agency has recorded 3,435 deaths and disappearances along the route to Yemen, including 1,416 lives lost to drowning.
WFP Ethiopia to cut nearly 600 jobs as funding dries up
The World Food Program (WFP) Ethiopia office is getting ready to lay off more than a third of its staff amid funding shortfalls. Officials have notified staff members about plans to let 38 percent of an estimated 1,500 WFP staff across Ethiopia, according to the sources. WFP is the largest humanitarian agency globally and is the sole humanitarian assistance provider for over 1.1 million refugees and millions of IDPs in Ethiopia. In Tigray alone, there are over 3.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, according to OCHA, and nearly a million of them are IDPs who have been unable to return to their homes since the northern war.
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RWANDA
DR Congo govt diverting attention from real terrorist threat
The Great Lakes region continues to face the threat of terrorism, particularly from the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), a DR Congo-based Ugandan terror group affiliated to the Islamic State, foreign minister Amb Olivier Nduhungirehe said during a high-level UN Security Council debate in New York. The minister said that the ADF, is one of the groups responsible for the most egregious human rights violations in DR Congo. Despite this “clear and present danger”, he added, it is appalling to see that the Congolese government “has chosen to divert attention from this real terrorist threat by labelling another movement, the M23 – which is a group fighting to protect a persecuted Congolese community – as a terrorist organization.”
SOMALIA
Seven Questions on Somali Politics
Veteran journalist, Abdi Guled, discusses Somalia’s national and sub-national politics, and comments on Turkey and China’s roles in the Horn of Africa. He is based in Mogadishu, with bylines in the Associated Press, Reuters, and the Wall Street Journal, among other outlets.
SOUTH SUDAN
South Sudan says 16 Sudanese nationals killed in last week’s unrest
South Sudan police said on Monday that 16 Sudanese nationals were killed in riots last week over the alleged killings of South Sudanese people in Sudan’s El Gezira region. Riots erupted in South Sudan’s capital Juba and elsewhere in the country on Thursday and Friday, with protesters angry about what they believed was the involvement of Sudan’s military and allied groups in the killings in El Gezira. After an outcry from human rights groups, the Sudanese army condemned what it called “individual violations” against civilians accused of supporting the rebel Rapid Support Forces.
SUDAN
Sudan war becomes more deadly as ethnically motivated attacks rise
The conflict in Sudan is taking an “even more dangerous turn for civilians”, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said on Friday. His warning comes in the wake of reports that dozens were brutally killed in ethnically targeted attacks in Al Jazirah state in the southeast, and amid reports of an imminent battle for control of the country’s capital, Khartoum. Serious concerns also persist for civilians in North Darfur, where ethnically motivated attacks by the RSF and its allied Arab militias against African ethnic groups, particularly the Zaghawa and the Fur, continue to exact a horrific toll.
OpEd: Sanctions on Sudan’s RSF leader’s financial assets may limit or curtail his ability to wage war
TANZANIA
Tanzania confirms Marburg virus outbreak after initial denial
On Monday, Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan announced an outbreak of Marburg virus, an Ebola-like virus, just a week after her health minister denied that there were any cases in the country. On 14 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported a suspected Marburg outbreak in the country, having recorded nine suspected cases and eight deaths over five days in Kagera. But Tanzania’s Health Minister Jenista Mhagama said in a statement that after samples had been analysed, all suspected cases were found negative for Marburg. President Samia said her government had stepped up its efforts and that a rapid response team had been dispatched to follow up on all suspected cases.
Nay Wa Mitego, the Tanzanian rapper who has been banned, jailed and threatened but won’t stop
Tanzanian rapper Nay Wa Mitego detests the thought of the number of times he’s had run-ins with authorities over his music. It started in 2016, during President John Magufuli’s administration. Since then, he has faced many arrests, threats and song bans. As recently as September, the country’s national arts council, Basata, charged him with four offences after he released a song called Nitasema (I Shall Speak) about reported incidents of enforced disappearances of government critics. Nay’s career troubles embody the repressive trajectory that Tanzania has been on for nearly 10 years now. Samia Suluhu Hassan, who succeeded Magufuli, and once seen as a reformer, has been signalling a return to intolerance with “disappearances and arrests of government critics and bans on opposition rallies”.
Tanzania’s Maasai are being forced off their ancestral land – the tactics the government uses
Tanzania has a long and troubling history of evicting communities from their lands. In recent years, the Maasai from a region renowned for abundant wildlife and the iconic Ngorongoro Crater – have been the target of these evictions. The government claims the evictions are necessary to protect the environment from a large Maasai population – currently, around 100,000. Land is being taken away by the government then leased to expand lucrative wildlife tourism and elite hunting grounds. Tourism, mostly driven by wildlife, constitutes over 17% of the country’s GDP. The evictions have become more frequent, more violent and more widespread under Samia Suluhu Hassan, who assumed the presidency in 2021.
UGANDA
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WEST AFRICA
CAMEROON
The fight is existential’: Cameroon’s anglophone leaders lead a revolution from behind bars
Sisiku Julius Ayuk Tabe has already served seven years of his life sentence at the Yaoundé principal prison in Cameroon…“The fight for homeland is existential and non-negotiable – says the 59-year-old computer engineer and former president of a breakaway state. As Cameroon’s civil conflict festers, his quest remains the freeing of his anglophone community from what he sees as the shackles of a francophone Cameroonian state. On 1 October 2017, Ayuk Tabe declared the independence of “Ambazonia” – Cameroon’s English-speaking regions, known during the colonial era as the British Southern Cameroons. Ayuk Tabe’s de facto presidency ended in January 2018 when he was arrested in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, and extradited with nine others to Cameroon. The UN called it illegal.
GABON
Gabon approves new electoral law seen as win for junta leader
Gabon’s transitional parliament on Monday approved a new electoral code seen by opponents as favourable to junta leader Brice Oligui Nguema. The bill which was passed after days of deliberations allows members of the security forces and magistrates to contest elections as candidates. Nguema has promised to return power to civilians but speculation that he desires to run as a presidential candidate is rife. For its part, the opposition is demanding a formal ban on any military member of the transition committee standing as a presidential candidate. But members of the junta have recently embarked on a propaganda drive seen by observers as a plan to soften the ground for a potential Nguema candidacy.
MALI
Russian tanks and armored vehicles spotted in Mali
A substantial delivery of Russian military equipment, reportedly belonging to the so-called “African Corps”, has been spotted in Mali, according to Defence Blog. Among the hardware observed are T-72B3M tanks, BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles, BTR-82A armored personnel carriers, and various armored vehicles, including the Spartak, Linza, and Tiger models. The shipment also includes armored KamAZ trucks and engineering vehicles, underscoring Russia’s growing logistical and military footprint in the region.
NIGERIA
Inside details of Nigeria’s $6bn Mambilla Power dispute
In a saga that has left Nigeria’s energy sector grappling with uncertainty, the long-running legal dispute surrounding the $6 billion Mambi lla Hydroelectric Power Project continues to threaten the nation’s energy future, keeping millions of Nigerians in the dark. The Mambilla Hydroelectric Power Project, located in the Taraba State region of Nigeria, is envisioned as a key piece in the country’s energy future. Once completed, it is expected to generate 3,050 megawatts of electricity, making it one of the largest power plants in Africa. However, more than two decades since its inception, the project has been bogged down by endless delays, funding issues, and most notably, a bitter legal dispute that has paralyzed its progress.
Why Nigerians can’t afford to go cashless
More than 90% of around 4.55 trillion naira ($2.8 billion) in circulation, is outside the banking system, according to Nigeria’s central bank. Africa’s most populous country experienced an acute cash crunch in the run-up to the 2023 election… As the central bank works to end the cash crunch, it simultaneously incentivises cashless transactions. But, until Nigeria’s burgeoning tech sector and the central bank fill the gaps in cash supply or even succeed in deploying easier payment methods that replace the exclusive use of hard currency, undesirable parallel systems will continue to thrive.
THE SAHEL
The ‘terrifying’ crackdown on mining companies in Africa’s coup belt
According to the Financial Times, international mining companies are at the mercy of “terrifying” tactics from military regimes in Africa’s Sahel, whose leaders are using legal disputes, nationalisations and arrests to assert greater control over crucial minerals such as gold and uranium. Barrick Gold on Tuesday temporarily suspended operations in Mali after the government started seizing gold from its mine, weeks after the country issued an arrest warrant for chief executive Mark Bristow. Authorities separately detained Australian gold miner Resolute’s chief executive Terence Holohan for nearly two weeks. Niger has also stripped mining rights to one of the world’s largest uranium reserves from French state-owned nuclear producer Orano, while Australia-based gold miner Sarama Resources has launched arbitration proceedings against Burkina Faso after the junta withdrew its exploration licence for a project.
Sahel’s military governments challenge western miners in geopolitical ‘gold rush’
The stand-off between Mali and Canada’s Barrick Gold has reached a critical point with the mining conglomerate suspending work at the Loulou-Gounkoto complex after the government used military helicopters to seize more than three tonnes of gold, worth around US$245 million on 11 January…The escalation of Mali’s dispute with Barrick follows months of fraught negotiations over revenue-sharing and new mining regulations. It mirrors similar disputes between western mining companies and the juntas in Burkina Faso and Niger. But the stakes in dollar and geopolitical terms are highest in Mali…At the heart of the mining companies’ troubles in Africa’s second-biggest gold producer are these governments’ quest to extract large one-off payments to settle tax claims dating back a decade and secure a greater share of revenue from future operations.
SOUTHERN AFRICA
MOZAMBIQUE
Mozambique opposition leader open to serving in rival’s government
Mozambique’s main opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has said that he is prepared to serve in the government if President Daniel Chapo meets his demands to end the political crisis that has hit the country, causing the deaths of about 300 people. Mondlane said that he had, nevertheless, decided to suspend protests for the first 100 days of his rival’s term on condition he did the following: unconditionally release about 5,000 people detained for participating in demonstrations against the election result; pay financial compensation to the families of people killed by police during the protests; and offer free medical treatment for about 200 people injured by the police. Mondlane said that if Chapo agreed to this, he would “open a window” for negotiations or else he would call on his supporters to renew protests.
Climate change, conflict and political unrest: Mozambique’s triple crisis explained
Post-election unrest since October has forced thousands of Mozambicans and refugees to flee their homes. Additional displacement and misery have come in the wake of Cyclone Chido and Cyclone Dikeledi, which have left trails of destruction across the north of the country since December. Repeated climate shocks like these have added to the suffering of vulnerable populations, including people already displaced by the ongoing armed conflict in northern Cabo Delgado Province. Since 2019, storms have become increasingly intense and frequent. Cyclone Freddy, the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record, devastated eight provinces in early 2023, displacing 184,000 people and leaving 1.1 million in need of aid.
NAMIBIA
Chevron’s no-oil discovery delivers another blow to Namibia’s major oil dream
Chevron announced on Wednesday that its exploration well in Namibia’s Orange Basin, named Kapana 1X, did not yield commercial hydrocarbon reserves. The U.S. oil producer said the well called Kapana 1X in the PEL90 block provided valuable information about the basin and the company anticipated it would explore further in Namibia. Oil companies have flocked to the African country, with recent offshore finds ranking among the largest this century, though exploration has been dealt some blows. Chevron’s latest result follows a disappointing announcement by Shell a week earlier. Shell revealed a $400 million write-down on an offshore discovery in Namibia, declaring the project commercially unviable. This series of setbacks presents a challenge for Namibia’s aspirations of becoming a major crude oil producer.
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa police launch manhunt for illegal mining ‘kingpin
South Africa’s police have launched a manhunt for an alleged “kingpin”, who is accused of controlling operations at an abandoned gold mine where 78 corpses were discovered last week. The police force said officials had helped James Neo Tshoaeli, a Lesotho national also known as Tiger, to escape after he was pulled up from the mine in Stilfontein. Some of the miners accused Mr Tshoaeli of being responsible for “deaths, assault and torture” underground. Mr Tshoaeli is also alleged to have hoarded and kept food away from the other miners. Police commissioner Patrick Asaneng warned that “heads will roll” once they find the officials who helped Mr Tshoaeli escape.
The Trump threat: how worried should South Africa be?
The cracks in US-SA bilateral ties are more than apparent, but not all is gloom and doom. While Africa has historically been a peripheral focus for the United States (US), South Africa has increasingly drawn Washington’s ire for its perceived antagonistic foreign policy positions. Pretoria’s ties with Moscow, Beijing and Tehran, combined with its legal challenge against Israel at the International Court of Justice, present serious diplomatic flashpoints. US-South Africa interactions have frayed since Trump’s first administration. The introduction of a 2024 bill calling for a review of relations underscored the extent of this souring bilateral relationship. With Republicans dominating both Houses of Congress, the question is whether such legislation will now be passed. There is considerable political appetite in Washington for punitive measures to be adopted against South Africa.
Forgotten no more: The Black South Africans who died in WWI Africa
A memorial being unveiled in Cape Town this week rights a century-old wrong by recognising the deaths of 1,772 predominantly Black non-combatants who died in Africa in theatres of war, at sea and at home. Other South Africans who died in World War I have already been commemorated elsewhere. The memorial is the first phase of a drive to remember the estimated 100,000 Black Africans who lost their lives in Africa on the Allied side in the Great War. Due to the country’s racialised politics, only white South Africans were allowed to carry arms during World War I, and those who died are remembered at graves and memorials both abroad and at home.
Zulu king’s first wife fails to halt third marriage
The first wife of South Africa’s Zulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has failed in her legal attempt to halt his plans to take a third wife. Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela went to court ahead of what was expected to be the wedding later this week. But despite the ruling, it is not clear whether the wedding will still go ahead as planned. On Saturday, South African media quoted a letter reportedly from the king saying the ceremony had been called off “due to reasons beyond the control of the royal house”…It is not clear why the marriage contract was not an issue when the king took a second wife, Queen Nozizwe Mulela-Zulu, back in 2022.
OpEd: South Africa in 2025: 8 key factors that will shape the future and test the government
ZAMBIA
Zambia hopes mining will trigger economic revival
Zambia is pinning its hopes on the mining sector for an economic revival after the worst drought in living memory caused a sharp slowdown in growth this year. Situmbeko Musokotwane its finance minister told an event, on the economic outlook, that new mines were opening imminently and old mines were re-investing to lift output. “If all goes according to plan, 2025 should be the start of this revival and it will be getting stronger and stronger each year going forward,” he said. According to data from the Zambian government, copper production increased from 698,000 tons in 2023 to over 770,000 tons last year. Next year Zambia hopes to increase copper production to around 1 million tons, and eventually, to 3 million tons.
ZIMBABWE
Zimbabwe anticipates lithium prices to justify $270 million project with China
Zimbabwe’s state-owned Kuvimba Mining House expects to finalise this month a deal agreed with two Chinese companies as it sticks with its $270 million lithium project on the basis lithium prices will recover, said its CEO. “We did a review of the Sandawana project and we found that it is still a very good project to proceed with because of the quality of the resource and the size of the resource as well,” Trevor Barnard said. Zimbabwe, Africa’s biggest producer of lithium, has attracted more than $1 billion of investment in lithium projects since 2021, mostly from Chinese battery metal companies. Without naming the Chinese investors, Barnard said he expected them to finalise their deal with Kuvimba to build a 600,000 metric tons per year lithium concentrator at Sandawana mine.
NORTH AFRICA
EGYPT
Gaza Ceasefire: Egypt urged to release 129 pro-Palestine ceasefire protesters
An Egyptian rights group has urged the government of President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to release all those held in pre-trial detention over their opposition to Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, as the ceasefire came into effect. According to the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), around 129 people detained since October 2023 remain in custody, including two minors, as a result of their participation in peaceful acts of opposition. Sisi’s government has overseen an intense crackdown on those who took part in protests or online campaigns calling for a ceasefire.
LIBYA
Italy arrests senior Libyan police officer on ICC warrant
Police in Italy have arrested the head of Libya’s judicial police who directs Tripoli’s Mitiga detention centre. Osama Najim, also known as Almasri, was arrested Sunday in Turin on an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Migrant rescue group Mediterranea Saving Humans said Almasri’s arrest came after “years of complaints and testimonies from victims”. “Almasri is proof of how the entire Libyan system, supported in recent years by millions of euros from Italian governments and the European Union, is atrocious and criminal,” it wrote on X. International human rights groups have long condemned abuses in Libyan detention centres, citing widespread violence and torture.
Saif says Sarkozy was paid $5m for ‘political favours’
Saif al-Gaddafi son of former Libyan autocrat Muammar Gaddafi, has told a French news network that he was personally involved in giving ex-French President Nicholas Sarkozy $5m in cash for his victorious 2007 presidential election campaign, in exchange for political and economic favours. It comes as the former French leader and 11 other people are currently being tried by a Paris court over allegations of illegal Libyan funding of the election campaign, at the price of a rehabilitation of Gaddafi on the international stage. Sarkozy has long denied all wrongdoing. to Claude Gueant, Sarkozy’s then chief-of-staff and would go on to become Sarkozy’s interior minister, personally received the cash. Gueant, who denies all involvement, is amongst those on trial with Sarkozy.
Turkey may invest “Billions” in Libyan offshore oil
Turkish Petroleum is ready to invest billions in developing offshore oil fields in Libya, the director general of the state-owned company said this week. Ahmet Turkoglu said, that “… we are ready to invest billions of dollars in this immense potential.” Libya’s oil minister said that the country needed some $3-4 billion to boost its oil production and that it planned to hold a bidding round for new oil and gas licenses before the end of the month. Libya has the most abundant oil resources in North Africa but its production has been hampered by the unstable political and security situation.
CENTRAL AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (CAR)
CAR and Russia strengthen political ties
The United Hearts Movement (MCU), the ruling party of Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, has entered into a cooperation agreement with United Russia, the political party of Russian President Vladimir Putin. The agreement, signed remotely on Monday, symbolizes the growing partnership between Bangui and Moscow. President Touadéra had just returned from a three-day official visit to Russia when the announcement was made. From Moscow, Andrei Klimov, a senior member of United Russia and a Russian senator under Western sanctions for his support of the Ukraine invasion, represented the Russian side.
AFRICA-GENERAL NEWS
Trump related news/comment:
Trump orders US to leave World Health Organization
US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the US from the World Health Organization (WHO). Trump was critical of how it handled Covid-19 and began the process of pulling out from the Geneva-based institution during the pandemic. President Joe Biden later reversed that decision. The order said the US was also withdrawing “due to the organization’s mishandling of other global health crises, its failure to adopt urgently needed reforms, and its inability to demonstrate independence from the inappropriate political influence of WHO member states”.
Ways Trump’s latest decisions could affect Africa
Trumps decision to withdraw from the WHO may have a profound impact on Africa, where the US-WHO partnership has been instrumental in addressing some public health challenges, including disease outbreaks, workforce shortages, and health system inequities. African countries are among the worst affected by climate change and the US intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement will hurt the continent.
Donald Trump will upend 80 years of American foreign policy
‘A superpower’s approach to the world is about to be turned on its head’
Donald trump’s critics have often accused him of buffoonery and isolationism. Yet even before taking office on January 20th he has shown how much those words fall short of what his second term is likely to bring. As the inauguration approaches, he has helped secure a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza. Busting taboos, he has bid for control over Greenland, with its minerals and strategic position in the Arctic. Mr Trump’s second term will not only be more disruptive than his first; it will also supplant a vision of foreign policy that has dominated America since the second world war.
What Does Trump’s Likely Africa Team Say About Policy Direction?
United States (US) President Donald Trump’s likely Africa team is not looking favourable to South Africa. How it might impact the rest of the continent though, is more ambiguous. There is broad consensus among insiders that Trump will tap Peter Pham as his assistant secretary of state for Africa, and Joe Foltz, Republican Staffer Director the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, to lead the National Security Council’s Africa desk. South Africa’s US Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool faces a tough task, keeping South Africa a beneficiary of African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA and in America’s reasonably good books. He has already taken some preemptive action by suggesting that South Africa should ‘put away the megaphone’ on Gaza.
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