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South African Government

House Chairperson, Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee Honourable Supra Mahumapelo Honourable Members, I have the honour to present Budget Vote 6 of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation on a day that carries the weight and...

South African Government

Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thoko Didiza; Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Ms Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane; Former President of South Africa, Mr Kgalema Motlanthe; Former Chairperson of the NCOP, Mr Amos Masondo;...

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The UK has shifted its longstanding neutral stance by supporting Morocco’s proposal to grant limited autonomy to Western Sahara, a territory embroiled in a decades-long dispute in North Africa.

MENAFN

(MENAFN) The United Kingdom has officially supported Morocco’s initiative to grant limited self-governance to Western Sahara, concluding decades of its neutral stance on one of North Africa’s longest-running territorial conflicts.

Middle East Institute

Read in PDF Last updated on November 13, 2025 Introduction The Abraham Accords are a series of bilateral agreements brokered by the United States whose core original intent has been to normalize relations between Israel and several Arab countries....

Middle East Institute

North African states are turning long-standing diplomatic relationships into new opportunities for leverage, using migration flows, energy supplies, and security partnerships as bargaining chips.

South African Government

President of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly, Ms Annalena Baerbock, United Nations Secretary-General, Mr António Guterres, Excellencies, Heads of State and Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, Eighty years ago, the United Nations was...

South African Government

Honourable House Chairperson, Honourable Minister Lamola and Deputy Minister Moraka, Chair of the Portfolio Committee on International Relations, Hon. Mahumapelo, Honourable Members, Director-General Zane Dangor and Members of the South African...

South African Government

Africa: Implementing Agenda 2063 Our foreign policy is an extension of our domestic imperatives on human rights and resolving the triple challenges of inequality, poverty and unemployment.