Mozambique's opposition leader Venancio Mondlane has used his social media platforms to call for calm, following a fresh upsurge in riots linked to the election results.
The country's top court upheld the results of the disputed October presidential elections on Monday.
Many in Mozambique, particularly young people, were hoping that independent candidate Venancio Mondlane would win the elections. Protesters are still out in the streets of Mozambique's major cities. That's despite Mozambican President-elect Daniel Chapo saying he is ready to lead the electoral reform process in Maputo. To talk more on this, we are now joined by the Director at Africa -Asia Dialogues, Thembisa Fakude.

Director at Africa-Asia Dialogues, Thembisa Fakude joins us for more.

The overthrow of President Bashar al-Assad left Syrians, countries in the region and world powers nervous about what comes next. This as the rebel alliance took its first steps in a transition government. Thembisa Fakude is Director at Africa-Asia Dialogues and joins us now to chat about this.

President Cyril Ramaphosa will host the President of Angola, João Manuel Lourenço, at the Union Buildings in Pretoria. He will use the occasion of the State visit to solidify relations between the two countries, who share deep historical ties. The two leaders will address a plenary session of a Business Forum. The Forum will take place under the theme, South Africa and Angola: Working Together to Forge a New Era of Cooperation and Partnerships to Increase Mutually Beneficial Trade and Investment. This visit comes as South Africa begins its year long Presidency of G20, with Pretoria committing to use the platform to promote trade within the African continent.

Joining us to unpack the US Electoral outcome, is Thembisa Fakude. Fakude is a Director at Africa-Asia Dialogues

We are joined by Thembisa Fakude, Director at Africa-Asia Dialogues for a conversation.

The ANC has removed Obed Bapela from its National Executive Committee. This over his recent controversial Morocco trip. The dismissal of Obed Bapela from his position in the NEC of the ANC puts a spotlight on the party's foreign policy position, particularly on the contested Western Sahara.
Bapela was the deputy chairperson of international relations sub-committee of the ANC until he was dismissed from this position on earlier this month. The ANC adopted a resolution at its 55th national conference supporting the recognition and self determination of the Saharawi people in the Western Sahara. The ANC regards Morocco as a "colonising power" in Western Sahara.

Global governance analyst Thembisa Fakude says the message President Cyril Ramaphosa's address to the UN General Assembly sent says South Africa's democracy is working, and that the government has things under control. Fakude says for Ramaphosa to speak about the GNU on the global platform like the UN, it says tolerance exists amongst those who disagree.

We are now joined by Thembisa Fakude, Director at Africa-Asia Dialogues.

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Senior research fellow and Director at Africa Asia Dialogues Thembisa Fakude weighs in on the ongoing conflict between Palestine and Israel.

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At least 313 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza. More than 600 Israelis have died in the Hamas attacks which included at least two thousand rocket firings and a ground assault. Thembisa Fakude Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues.