South African President Denies Refugee Claims of White Nationals In search of U.S. Support
President Cyril Ramaphosa rejected the classification of 49 white South Africans in search of resettlement in the US as refugees, saying they didn’t meet the standards for refugee standing. Talking on the African CEO Discussion board 2025 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, Ramaphosa mentioned that these people weren’t fleeing persecution however reasonably unwilling to embrace South Africa’s constitutional adjustments. He mentioned he had addressed the difficulty in a telephone name with U.S. President Donald Trump, clarifying that the group didn’t characterize the vast majority of South Africans. He mentioned that South Africa, not like different African nations, by no means expelled its colonizers, and reaffirmed a need to proceed constructive dialogue with the U.S., even proposing a gathering with Trump to additional focus on the matter.
Ruto Claims All Kidnapped Kenyans Launched, Vows Finish to Disappearances
President William Ruto introduced that each one people beforehand subjected to enforced disappearances or abductions by safety businesses had been launched and reunited with their households. Talking throughout a joint media briefing with Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Ruto reaffirmed his administration’s dedication to the rule of regulation and vowed that such incidents wouldn’t occur once more. His remarks adopted a report by the Lacking Voices rights group, which revealed a pointy rise in extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances in 2024, documenting 159 circumstances. The report additionally revealed that 2024 marked the best variety of enforced disappearances ever recorded by the coalition, surpassing the earlier peak of 38 circumstances in 2019. The variety of disappearances jumped from 10 in 2023 to 55 in 2024, an alarming 450% enhance, with most occurring throughout protests in opposition to the Finance Invoice 2024. Nearly all of victims had been youths aged 18 to 34.
Zimbabwean Exemption Allow Case Again in Courtroom, Future Unsure
The authorized battle over the Zimbabwean Exemption Allow (ZEP) returned to court docket because the Supreme Courtroom of Attraction heard the Division of House Affairs’ attraction in opposition to a June 2023 ruling that briefly protected ZEP holders from arrest and deportation. The June 2023 interdict, obtained by the Zimbabwean Immigration Federation (ZIF), had shielded round 178,000 allow holders whereas the legality of terminating the ZEP system was contested. The validity of the ZEP was final 12 months prolonged to November 2025. The Division sought to overturn the interim reduction, arguing that the permits had been short-term and {that a} separate excessive court docket ruling had already declared the allow system’s termination illegal, although that ruling can also be underneath attraction. In its court docket papers, the Division of House Affairs argues that the matter must be thought-about moot as a result of there’s already a separate excessive court docket rulingin a case introduced by the Helen Suzman Basis, that declared the minister’s determination to finish the ZEP system illegal and set it apart. The division can also be interesting that ruling. The ZIF opposed the attraction, stressing the human penalties of terminating the ZEP system, together with threats to jobs, schooling, and household life.
Ivory Coast Opposition Chief Thiam Resigns Amid Election Dispute
Ivory Coast’s primary opposition chief, Tidjane Thiam, introduced his resignation as head of the Democratic Get together of Ivory Coast–African Democratic Rally (PDCI), whereas reaffirming his dedication to guide the celebration’s marketing campaign for the 2025 presidential election regardless of being barred from working. In response to Thiam, his determination was made to serve the celebration’s finest pursuits. In March 2024, he renounced his French citizenship to satisfy eligibility necessities, however an Ivorian court docket dominated he had misplaced his Ivorian nationality upon buying French citizenship in 1987. Thiam additionally confronted authorized challenges to his management over questions on his nationality. PDCI deputy president Ernest N’Koumo Mobio assumed interim management, urging unity amid the political uncertainty. Thiam criticized the electoral course of as exclusionary, noting that different opposition figures, together with former President Laurent Gbagbo, had additionally been disqualified. Authorities denied any political interference, insisting the judiciary acted independently.
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Dozens Killed in Northern Burkina Faso Militant Assaults
Lots of of jihadists launched simultaneous assaults in northern Burkina Faso, killing a number of dozen folks, together with each troopers and civilians. The Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Assist of Islam and Muslims (JNIM) focused a navy detachment, police posts within the city of Djibo, and different northern areas. Witnesses described the violence as excessive, with attackers arriving on bikes and autos, surrounding the city, looting a navy camp, burning properties, and parading by means of the streets. At the least twenty civilians had been buried the identical day, with extra burials deliberate. The navy junta, which seized energy in 2022, didn’t reply publicly, as its chief, Ibrahim Traoré, was getting back from Moscow. Burkina Faso has confronted ongoing violence from armed teams linked to Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State, with over 26,000 deaths since 2015, greater than half occurring prior to now three years, in keeping with conflict-tracking group ACLED.
