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By Kirtan Bhana
18 March 2024
Launched three years ago, the Democracy Summit became a necessary discourse to examine and strengthen democratic processes and governance, which in many instances seem to have become flawed and convoluted. The Summit, currently taking place in Korea, has an ideal opportunity to thoroughly scrutinize the current systems of democratic governance and determine an outcome that will bring renewed value to a system of governance of the people, by the people, for the people.
Insight Africa
Sweltering temperatures in the summer of 2023, caused by a combination of global warming and the El Niño weather phenomenon, fried Egypt's crops, reducing harvests. Walking down the streets, at every shop, olive oil-bottled products would always flourish on the market’s shelves in a mesmerising stack. The heap would capture the glares to choose from among the varieties.
13 March 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and his Ghanaian counterpart, President Nana Akufo-Addo, have reaffirmed the importance of the continued nurturing of the existing historic relations and bonds of friendship between the two countries.
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Aide to the President of Russia for Foreign Policy Yuri Ushakov's interview with TASS
12 March 2024
Russia took the rotating presidency of the BRICS group in 2024. Yuri Ushakov, Russian presidential foreign policy aide, has granted TASS an interview in which he previewed Moscow's priorities, prospects for BRICS development and expansion, and commented on the West's attempts to impede the association’s activities.
11 March 2024
The expedition of Chinese explorer Zhang Qian more than 2,000 years ago is considered to be the foundation of the ancient Silk Road. Today, his legendary exploration of the ancient Silk Road is renowned worldwide. Venturing across the Eurasian continent with camel caravans laden with silk, spices, tea, and other Chinese goods, he forged vital trade routes of the Silk Road. Xinjiang has had a central role in that trade.
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CMG Africa and Africa Policy Institute held a joint seminar on Monday in Nairobi, Kenya, under the theme ‘Enhancing China-Africa Cooperation in New Quality Productive Forces to Realize High-Quality Growth’.
11 March 2024
The Department of Sport, Arts, and Culture (DSAC) for South Africa together with the Turquoise Harmony Institute organized its second collaborative awards ceremony for the "Social Cohesion Project Competition for High School Students" at the Radisson Blu Hotel on March 1. Mandisa Chikwatamba, the Deputy Director-General of DSAC who delivered the keynote speech during the event, praised Turquoise's work as a prime example of the contributions expected from the private sector.
8 March 2024
The fight for women’s rights over the past fifty years is a story of progress.
Women and girls have demolished barriers, dismantled stereotypes and driven progress towards a more just and equal world. Women’s rights were finally recognised as fundamental and universal human rights. Hundreds of millions more girls are in classrooms around the world. And pioneering leaders have smashed glass ceilings across the globe.
7 March 2024
Colonel Charkrit Proungsuwan, Defence Attaché of Thailand and Mr. Mungkorn Pratoomkaew, Ambassador of Thailand hosted a reception on the occasion of the Royal Thai Armed Forces Day. This day is commemorated each year on January 18 to mark the victory of King Naresuan, the Great in a battle against the Vice-King of Burma in 1593.
7 March 2024
After ‘a sweet almost three and a half years of living and working in this beautiful country,’ Ambassador Chen Xiaodong of the PRC comes to the end of his tour of duty in South Africa.
6 March 2024
On February 26 the African Union (AU) intervened before the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in proceedings lodged by the United Nations General Assembly requesting the Court to opine on the legal status of Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories, and the legal consequences resulting from this legal status.
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