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Elections: Historic election in South Africa – ANC threatens to lose power
After 30 years of democracy, the African National Congress could lose its absolute majority for the first time. Many South Africans are disappointed with the government. A political turning point…
Disenchantment with the ANC, fear of a record abstention… The challenges of the elections in South Africa
South Africans vote on Wednesday to elect their MPs to the National Assembly and their elected representatives to local parliaments, who will then choose the nation’s president. The vote is…
Is South Africa turning away from the ANC?
Status: 29.05.2024 06:22 a.m. Never since the end of apartheid has the ANC in South Africa had to fear for its power as much as before today’s parliamentary elections. Is…
Storm: More than 30 dead in cyclone in South Asia
storm More than 30 dead in cyclone in South Asia Women walk across a street in Bangladesh during the rain. Photo © Md. Rakibul Hasan/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa A cyclone leaves…
Election in South Africa: Why the ANC deserves a historic defeat – Opinion
This year, the election campaign is an opportunity for people in South Africa to get to know an old feeling again: what it’s like not to have to plan your…
At least 15 dead in tornadoes in the south of the country
At least 15 people died in the southern United States after powerful tornadoes struck Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas overnight from Saturday to Sunday. Rescuers continued their search on Sunday to…
South Africa: An energy miracle just before the election
analysis Status: 26.05.2024 02:50 a.m. Because of the dilapidated energy infrastructure, the power was turned off every day in South Africa for 17 years. That now seems to be history…
No more money for emergency shelters and medicines in South Sudan?
Status: 25.05.2024 15:05 In crisis countries like South Sudan, German emergency aid projects are facing closure. The Foreign Office’s budget for humanitarian aid has been severely cut. What does this…
“We retain firmness in the speech and in the deadlines that had been set,” indicates Marie-Laure Ukeiwé (deputy director of the education center of the South province)
Emmanuel Macron in New Caledonia: “We retain firmness in the speech and in the deadlines that had been set”, indicates Marie-Laure Ukeiwé (deputy director of the education center of the…
Storms in Bavaria: Flooded cellars and aquaplaning in the south – Bavaria
Occasionally heavy thunderstorms are expected on Thursday afternoon, coming from the edge of the Alps over Southern Bavaria and caused isolated damage. A spokesman for the Integrated Control Center Oberland…