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    Pretoria pushes to expand pro-Palestinian axis

    Zane Dangor, Rosa Villavicencio, Riyad Mansour, and Francesca Albanese during a meeting of The Hague Group in Bogota on 15 July 2025.
    Zane Dangor, Rosa Villavicencio, Riyad Mansour, and Francesca Albanese during a meeting of The Hague Group in Bogota on 15 July 2025. © Carlos Ortega / EPA / MaxPPP

    The coalition of nations, co-chaired by South Africa, will meet this week in the Netherlands to defend Palestinian rights. An underlying goal is to explore the possibility of integrating countries from the Global North, despite their reluctance.

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    Congo
    Sassou-Nguesso faces threat of record abstention

    Denis Sassou-Nguesso, then running for a third term, voting in Brazzaville on 20 March 2016.
    Denis Sassou-Nguesso, then running for a third term, voting in Brazzaville on 20 March 2016. © Marco Longari / AFP

    The head of state, who has been in power for four decades and is running for another term in the 15 March election, has reorganised his campaign team. With no rivals at the polls and a population increasingly disinterested in politics, Denis Sassou-Nguesso and his strategists fear a high abstention rate.

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    Africa
    Melania Trump plans first ladies summit in Washington

    Melania Trump at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington, 20 February 2026.
    Melania Trump at the Smithsonian Institute's Museum of American History in Washington, 20 February 2026. © Samuel Corum / Sipa USA / Reuters

    With the utmost discretion, Donald Trump's wife is organising an event on 24 and 25 March in Washington, which will bring together a selection of first ladies from across the continent. Arranged in close coordination with the White House, the meeting contributes to Melania Trump's rise to prominence on the international stage.

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