The following is a timeline of key events that shaped ECOWAS and West Africa during the bloc’s 50-year history: 1975 - ECOWAS was founded on May 28, by 15 West African countries, namely Benin ...

Maxi Schoeman received funding from the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Samuel Oyewole is affiliated with Federal University Oye-Ekiti, Nigeria. Daniela Marggraff does ...

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday questioned footage of a supposed “White genocide” presented to him by President Donald Trump. During the meeting between the two presidents ...

President Donald Trump confronted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the White House on Wednesday with a video allegedly showing grave treatment of White farmers. Trump has claimed that ...

But Trump countered each plea that Ramaphosa made with a rebuttal through video and newspaper clippings about the deaths of White South African farmers. He said these killings had spurred ...

President Donald Trump spent much of today’s Oval Office meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa rambling about disproven claims and conspiracy theories that white South African ...

It found that while 68% of Africans express belief in Africa, up from 64% in 2024, only 11% of the Top 100 most admired brands are African - a historic low, down from 14% in 2024. This drop ...

Nick Schifrin: No, and it's a great point, Geoff. I mean, tonight in his press conference, Ramaphosa emphatically said that there is absolutely no genocide happening in South African. And what's ...

JOHANNESBURG, May 26 (Reuters) - The South African rand weakened on Monday, with the central bank's interest rate decision likely to be the highlight this week. At 1533 GMT, the rand traded at 17. ...