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South Africans queued in the winter cold on Wednesday to vote in local elections seen as a referendum on President Jacob Zuma's scandal-plagued leadership and an economy forecast to stagnate this year.
Kigali's hit back at a ruling by judges at the UK's court of appeal that found Rwanda not to be a safe third country. This undermines a plan by the British government to deport asylum seekers there.. Rwanda insists that it meets UN standards for the treatment of refugees and the UK's already said that it will be appealing to the supreme court.. Tackling asylum claims have been a key policy promise of the UK's Conservative govenrnment...
Proposal to strike a diplomatic settlement with Russia is thought to have little chance of success
Rapist and murderer Thabo Bester and his alleged lover Nandipha Magudumana appear virtually at a court hearing in Bloemfontein, as their trial is postponed until the 20th of June 2023 for "further police investigations". Dubbed the "Facebook rapist", Bester was sentenced to life in prison in 2012. Last year, he broke out of jail and left a burnt corpse in his cell. He was arrested in April 2023 by Tanzanian police along with Magudumana, a celebrity doctor and social media influencer, who is suspected to have helped him escape from jail. IMAGES
Pope Francis regularly mentions the war in South Sudan. The Catholic Church is highly present in the country, whose independence only dates back to 2011, although just a third of the population is Catholic. The Catholic Church faces increasing competition from Protestant churches and traditional religions in South Sudan. Nevertheless, the visit of Pope Francis, which begins this Friday, February 3, highlights the key role of Catholicism in the the world's youngest nation. Our regional correspondents report.
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