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South Africa energy crisis could lose ANC government’s majority – BBC News
South Africa could become a “failed state”, a senior official of the ruling African National Congress (ANC) has said. The admission by ANC secretary general Fikile Mbalula comes as South Africa experiences power cuts, known as load-shedding, of up to 10 hours a day. The country is also battling high levels of corruption, all of which has damaged confidence in the ANC government. Please subscribe…
How much mandate should governments have after elections? | Inside Story
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has to decide how to handle a threat to democracy after thousands of his predecessor’s supporters stormed the seat of power. Attacks on democratic institutions have taken place in other countries too. One of the most prominent was the insurrection at the US Capitol on January the 6th 2021. And last month in Germany, authorities said they foiled…
Moscow: US to Spend $11 Billion on Cyberattacks Against 'Unwanted' Governments
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Washington plans to spend around $11 billion next year on carrying out cyberattacks with the aim of controlling unfriendly governments, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Oleg Syromolotov said in an interview with Sputnik. The post Moscow: US to Spend $11 Billion on Cyberattacks Against 'Unwanted' Governments appeared first on .
Farmers forced to leave their land to make way for Hong Kong government’s redevelopment plan
Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube The Hong Kong government is forging ahead with a plan to improve Tsui Keng, an agricultural district north of the city’s urban areas. The project involves work to improve drainage, irrigation and access, but it has been met with opposition from farmers who say it might do more harm than good. Farmers who have worked the…
As US-Canada border closures block trade, governments eye action
The US is urging Canada to use federal powers to end the four-day blockade along their shared border. Thousands of truck drivers have been protesting against COVID restrictions, by disrupting the flow of cargo. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is due to hold a virtual meeting with opposition leaders to discuss ways out of the crisis. Al Jazeera’s @John Hendren reports from Port Huron, Michigan….
Ukraine-Russia crisis: Western governments put their forces on alert as tension rise
The crisis between Russia and Ukraine has prompted one of the biggest mobilisations of Western forces in Europe in generations, but it is a delicate balancing act. The West fears Moscow is preparing a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, while the Kremlin says it is countering decades of NATO expansion eastwards. Russia’s 2014 annexation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula caught allied Western forces off guard. With European…
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Given the prosperity and world-leading innovations of so-called emerging economies, from China and India to South Korea and Qatar, the ‘developing’ label is outmoded, outdated and patronising. [...]
Millions of voters in England and Wales will cast their ballots on Thursday in an array of local elections that will be the last big test before a UK general [...]
Floods and landslides in Kenya have killed 181 people since March, forcing hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. In the central Kenyan town of Mai Mahiu, where at least [...]
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