World

Pretoria - South Africa has officially handed over the Open Government Partnership (OGP) leader chair position to France.

Pretoria – The US Embassy in Pretoria is inviting interested South African candidates to apply for the 2017 Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) Mandela Washington Fellowship.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has used his address at the United Nations General Assembly to reiterate calls for the reforms of the UN, particularly the Security Council, in order to deal with the challenges of the 21st century.

Moscow – The United Russia party’s victory in the September 18 elections has shown an overwhelming confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin, his spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Monday.

Monrovia - About 60 anti-corruption campaigners, police and legislators gathered in Liberia on Monday to discuss ways to strengthen the fight against the practice in West Africa.

Pretoria - World leaders at the United Nations have adopted the New York Declaration, which expresses the political will to protect the rights of refuges and migrants.

Pretoria - In the closing declaration of the 17th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) released on Sunday, member states have called for the reform, recovery and strengthening of the United Nations.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma will travel to New York to participate in next week’s session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

Pretoria - South Africa and China are participating in a strategic dialogue mechanism, which aims to consolidate and strengthen relations as well as monitor the implementation of bilateral agreements.

Pretoria - President Jacob Zuma has sent condolences to Tanzania following a deadly earthquake in the east African country.