Global Politics

Nonkululeko Patricia Mantula , a prominent radio presenter with South Africa's public broadcaster SABC, has appeared in court facing charges related to the alleged recruitment of South African men for the Russian military, marking a significant escalation in a controversy that has entangled political figures and exposed vulnerabilities in the country's economic landscape. Mantula, 39, who hosts The Morning Bliss  on SABC's SAFM radio station, appeared Monday at Kempton Park M

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky  has identified territorial integrity as the "most difficult" challenge in ongoing peace negotiations with Russia, as international diplomatic efforts to end the three-year conflict enter a critical phase. Speaking after consultations with French President Emmanuel Macron  in Paris, Zelensky emphasized that Ukraine's core priorities remain maintaining national sovereignty and securing robust security guarantees. The statement comes as US

By THE SOURCE NEWS GH In their first meeting in six years, former U.S. President Donald Trump  and Chinese President Xi Jinping  held what both sides described as a constructive conversation aimed at easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies. The talks, held on Thursday in South Korea, did not produce a formal trade agreement, but both leaders signaled progress toward resolving long-standing disputes. Trump hailed the meeting as “amazing,” while Beijing descri

By THE SOURCE NEWS GH The highly anticipated meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump  and Chinese President Xi Jinping  has produced a tentative pause in trade tensions, marking what both sides call progress but stopping short of a permanent resolution. The talks, held at a South Korean air base, were described by Trump as a “great success,” while Beijing characterized the encounter as a “good start” requiring continued negotiations. Careful Diplomacy, Different Tactics F

Former United States Vice President Dick Cheney  has died at age 84 from complications of pneumonia and cardiac disease, ending a controversial political career that shaped American foreign policy for decades and continues to impact global politics today. George W. Bush , under whom Cheney served as vice president from 2001 to 2009, led tributes calling his death "a loss to the nation." Bush described Cheney as "a patriot who brought integrity, high intelligence, and seriousn

Abigail Spanberger , a Democrat and former CIA officer, has been projected the winner in Virginia's gubernatorial election, defeating Republican Lieutenant Governor Winsome Earle-Sears  in a race viewed as a potential indicator of voter sentiment heading into next year's midterm elections. CBS News called the race for Spanberger, who becomes Virginia's first woman governor after serving three terms in the US Congress. She will succeed Republican Glenn Youngkin  after four yea

Nigerian Nobel Prize winner Wole Soyinka  has announced that the United States government has revoked his visa and banned him from entering the country, in a development that has sparked international concern about American visa policies toward African intellectuals and critics of President Donald Trump . The 91-year-old author, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1986 as the first African laureate in that category, revealed during a Tuesday news conference that the US

General Mamadi Doumbouya , the military commander who seized power in Guinea through a 2021 coup, has officially entered the country's presidential race, breaking his explicit promise to restore civilian governance and raising serious concerns about West Africa's democratic backsliding. Gen Doumbouya submitted his candidacy at Guinea's Supreme Court on Monday, flanked by soldiers and wearing black sunglasses, but made no public statement. The move contradicts his 2021 pledge

South Africa has strongly criticized the United States government's decision to prioritize refugee applications from white Afrikaners, dismissing claims of systematic persecution as unsupported by evidence and rejecting narratives of "white genocide" that have been widely discredited by fact-checkers and researchers. The South African government's statement comes amid controversy over President Donald Trump's  administration announcing its lowest refugee annual cap on record—

A South African court has overturned decades of official lies, ruling that Nobel Peace Prize laureate Albert Luthuli's  1967 death resulted from an assault by apartheid-era police, not an accident as the white-minority government claimed for over 50 years. Judge Nompumelelo Radebe  of the Pietermaritzburg High Court delivered the landmark judgment on Thursday, finding that Luthuli died from "a fractured skull, cerebral haemorrhage and concussion of the brain associated with a

Reform UK , the insurgent British political party consistently topping national opinion polls, faces growing scrutiny over whether its six months of controlling 10 English local authorities demonstrate readiness to govern the United Kingdom or reveal significant limitations that could undermine national ambitions. Recent polling suggests Reform could win more parliamentary seats than any other party at the next general election, potentially enough to form a government. The pa