The News JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s two biggest parties remain locked in negotiations over the makeup of a cabinet for their landmark coalition government after signs of tension came to the fore. President Cyril Ramaphosa, who leads the African National Congress, and Democratic Alliance leader John Steenhuisen held talks on Monday, their second meeting in […]
Coordinator to Pakistan’s prime minister on climate change Romina Khurshid Alam has called on all provincial governments to adopt Punjab province’s plastic ban policy. This initiative aims to steer the country towards becoming plastic-free. Khurshid Alam’s appeal comes after Punjab chief minister Maryam Nawaz recently implemented a ban on the production and sale of plastic […]
Two female state ministers are to tie the knot in the autumn to become Germany’s first homosexual ministerial couple, the illustrated weekly magazine Bunte reports in its current issue which hits the newsstands on Thursday. Josefine Paul and Katja Meier, both members of the Greens, are currently conducting their relationship largely by means of online […]
Kenya’s political rivals President William Ruto and opposition leader Raila Odinga were pictured together having a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni in Uganda in late February. Shortly afterward, social media users shared an image purporting to show the frontpage of Kenya’s Star newspaper reporting an imminent cabinet reshuffle in favour of opposition figures. However, the […]