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bbc.com | Farouk Chothia
President Mnangawa says he wants improved relations, days after Donald Trump said the US would impose an 18% tariff on Zimbabwe.
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bbc.co.uk | Farouk Chothia
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Critics says Zimbabwe's president is trying to "appease" the Trump administrationZimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has announced he will suspend tariffs on goods imported from the US in an attempt to build a "positive relationship" with President Donald Trump's administration. The move comes days after Trump imposed 18% tariffs on Zimbabwean exports to the US.
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3 weeks ago | 
bbc.com | Farouk Chothia
Is South Africa's coalition government about to fall apart? AFPDA leader John Steenhuisen pictured with President Ramaphosa (L) and Deputy President Paul Mashatile (R) not long after their coalition was formedSouth Africa's coalition government is on shaky ground, with the sharp divisions between its two biggest parties - the African National Congress (ANC) and Democratic Alliance (DA) - exposed in a crucial vote on the national budget.
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1 month ago | 
bbc.com | Farouk Chothia
Uganda deploys troops to South Sudan - military chiefAFPGen Muhoozi Kainerugaba described South Sudan's President Salva Kiir as a brother to his own head of stateUganda has deployed special forces to South Sudan's capital, Juba, to help President Salva Kiir to "secure it", Uganda's military chief Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba has said. The move comes as tensions escalate between Kiir and his deputy Riek Machar, raising fears that their fragile peace deal could collapse and a conflict could resume.
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msn.com | Farouk Chothia
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Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwrightGetty ImagesAthol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of an Afrikaner mother, he was best known for his politically charged plays challenging the racist system of apartheid. Paying tribute to Fugard, South Africa's Arts and Culture Minister Gayton McKenzie hailed him as "a fearless storyteller who laid bare the harsh realities of apartheid through his plays".
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bbc.com | Farouk Chothia
How royal divorce papers have shaken the Zulu kingdomGetty ImagesThe love life of South Africa's Zulu king has the country agog - and has scandalised his socially conservative subjects as he messes with tradition by seeking a divorce. Polygamy is part of Zulu culture, but King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has taken the unusual step of going to court to divorce his first wife, Queen Ntokozo kaMayisela. "Everyone was puzzled.
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flipboard.com | Farouk Chothia
Trump cut lifesaving foreign aid as State Department planned to buy expensive art for embassiesThis article was first published in The Atlantic. In its earliest days, the second Trump administration cut off lifesaving food and medical aid to …
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bbc.com | Farouk Chothia
South Africa opens G20 talks but US snubs meetingEPASouth Africa's relationship with the US has become increasingly strainedSouth Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa has told G20 foreign ministers that a commitment to multilateralism and international law is vital to solving global crises.
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aol.com | Thomas Mackintosh |Farouk Chothia
The first president of independent Namibia, Sam Nujoma, has died at the age of 95 in the capital Windhoek, the country's current leader has announced. Nujoma led the long fight for independence from South Africa in 1990 after helping found Namibia's liberation movement known as the South West Africa People's Organisation (Swapo) in the 1960s. After independence, Nujoma became president in 1990 and led the country until 2005.
