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Prominent United States civil rights leader Jesse Jackson, an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa, has died aged 84

US civil rights leader Jesse Jackson dies aged 84, family says

The founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition — a US civil rights and social justice organisation — was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa

  • Eyaaz
1 min read
ANC secretary-general Fikile Mbalula told journalists on Tuesday that US pressure on Venezuela amounted to a direct assault on democracy and international law. (Delwyn Verasamy/M&G)

ANC denounces US actions against Venezuela as SACP plans a march against Washington

The two parties condemned the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife as a violation of international law

  • Eyaaz
4 min read
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni.(Photo by SIMON MAINA/AFP via Getty Images)

US visa sanctions a reminder that Uganda must urgently stop corruption

According to Transparency International’s 2023 Corruption Perception Index, Uganda scored 26 on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)

  • Des Erasmus
5 min read