South African President denies claims of white citizen refugees seeking our aid
President Cyril Ramaphosa has rejected the classification of 49 South Africans who are seeking US resettlement as refugees, saying they have not met the refugee status criteria. At the African CEO Forum 2025 in Abidjan in Cote Dyboir, Ramaphosa said these individuals did not escape persecution and did not want to accept South Africa’s constitutional changes. He said he addressed the issue in a call with President Donald Trump and made it clear that the group is not representing the majority of South Africa. He said South Africa, unlike other African countries, would not expel colonists, reaffirmed its desire to continue constructive dialogue with the United States and proposed a meeting with Trump to discuss the issue further.
The route claims that all the Kenyans who were accused of releasing it, and the vow ends in vain
President William Root announced that all individuals who have previously executed a lost failure or arising by security agencies have been released and reunited with their families. During a joint media briefing with Finland’s President Alexander Stubb, Rut reaffirmed the administration’s commitment to the rule of law and vowed that such an incident would never happen again. His remarks, following a report by the Missing Voices Rights Group, revealed a sharp increase in extrajudicial killings and a crash-disappearance executed in 2024, marking 159 cases. The report also revealed that 2024 marked the most enforced loss disappearance ever recorded by the Union, surpassing 38 previous peaks in 2019. In 2023, it jumped from 10 in 2023 to 55, an astounding 450% increase, with most people protesting in 2024.
The lawsuit returned to Zimbabwe’s exemption permit court is uncertain in the future
The legal battle over Zimbabwe’s exemption permit (ZEP) has returned to court after hearing the Home Ministry’s appeal against the June 2023 ruling that temporarily protected ZEP holders from arrest and deportation. The June 2023 blockade, acquired by the Zimbabwean Immigration Federation (ZIF), protected roughly 178,000 permit holders while the legality of termination of the ZEP system was contested. The effectiveness of ZEP was extended to November 2025 last year. The department has attempted to overturn the interim relief, claiming that the permit was temporary and that another High Court decision declared termination of the permit system unlawful, but it has also appealed. Court documents argue that the Ministry of Home Affairs should be viewed as denial as there is already another High Court ruling in a case filed by the Helen Suzman Foundation that declared the Minister’s decision to illegally terminate the ZEP system and put it aside. The department is also suing the verdict. Zif opposed the appeal and highlighted the human consequences of terminating the ZEP system, which includes threats to work, education and family life.
Ivory Coast opposition leader Tiam resigns amid election conflict
Tyjane Tyam, the leading opposition leader in Ivory Coast, has announced his resignation as head of the Democratic Party of Ivory Coast Africa (PDCI), but reaffirms his commitment to leading the party’s campaign for the 2025 presidential election. According to Thiam, his decision was made to serve the party’s best interests. In March 2024, he waived his French citizenship to meet the eligibility requirements, but the Court of Coyboria ruled that he lost his Iboria nationality when he acquired French citizenship in 1987. PDCI Vice President Ernest Nkomo Mobio has urged unity amid political uncertainty and assumed interim leadership. Tiam criticized the election process as exclusive, noting that other opposition figures, including former President Laurent Gbagbo, were also disqualified. Authorities denied political interference that claimed the judiciary would act independently.
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Dozens of people killed in militant attacks in Faso, northern Burkina
Hundreds of jihadists launched attacks in northern Burkina Faso simultaneously, killing dozens, including both soldiers and civilians. Al-Qaeda-linked groups for Islam and Muslims (JNIM) support targeted military separation, police posts in the town of Jibo, and other northern regions. Witnesses described the violence in extreme terms, as attackers arrived on motorcycles and vehicles, surrounded the town, looted military camps, burned homes and paraded the streets. At least 20 civilians were buried on the same day, with more burials planned. The junta, which seized power in 2022, did not publicly respond as its leader, Ibrahim Traore, returned from Moscow. Burkina Faso faces ongoing violence from Al-Qaeda and armed groups associated with Islamic states, with more than 26,000 deaths since 2015, with more than half of them in the past three years.
