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S.African lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel, shut embassy

S.African lawmakers vote to suspend diplomatic ties with Israel, shut embassy

SOUTH African lawmakers voted in favour of closing down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria and suspending all diplomatic relations until a ceasefire is agreed in its war with Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza. The resolution is largely symbolic as it will be up to President Cyril Ramaphosa's government whether to implement it; a presidency spokesperson did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. But Ramaphosa and senior foreign ministry officials have been vocally critical of Israel's leadership during its devastating military campaign against Hamas in the densely populated Gaza Strip, calling on the International Criminal Court to investigate them…
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Scramble for Africa: A Rise in Instability and Conflict

Scramble for Africa: A Rise in Instability and Conflict

NONTOBEKO HLELA IN the recent past there has been a resurgence in the importance of the African continent to outsiders. This new ‘scramble’ for Africa – the intense rivalry between today’s big powers, the US, China, Britain and France has already led to military intervention in several African countries, most recently Mali and Libya, the establishment of the US African Command (AFRICOM), in addition to economic and other forms of intervention and external interference throughout the African continent. Nontobeko Hlela In 2019 the US released its New Africa Strategy (2019) which states: ‘Great power competitors, namely China and Russia, are…
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Oman welcomes Morocco, Israel normalisation as step towards regional peace

Oman welcomes Morocco, Israel normalisation as step towards regional peace

OMAN has welcomed Morocco's announcement that it was establishing diplomatic ties with Israel and hoped the move would strengthen efforts towards a lasting and just peace in the Middle East, its foreign ministry has announced. Israel and Morocco agreed on Thursday to normalise relations in a deal brokered with U.S. help, making Morocco the fourth Arab country after the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past four months. In a departure from longstanding U.S. policy, President Donald Trump agreed as part of the deal to recognize Morocco's sovereignty over the disputed territory…
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