The Latest Breaking News from Naledi Pandor

Two African countries that are strong supporters of the Palestinian people are facing turmoil amid the ongoing violence between Israel and Hamas. South Africa's diplomatic links with Israel have soured following what it called the “unfortunate conduct” of the Israeli ambassador – while Tunisian lawmakers are at odds with the…

South Africa will call in Israel's ambassador to issue him with a "demarche", or formal reprimand, a senior foreign policy official said on Wednesday, potentially deepening divisions between the two countries over the war in Gaza.

South Africa’s government has recalled Monday its ambassador and diplomatic mission to Israel in condemnation of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, calling it a “genocide”

Israel has made deep inroads into a continent traditionally sympathetic to Palestine. But its gains have limits too.

At UNGA78, EAM S. Jaishankar met with counterparts from Brazil, South Africa as part of IBSA. Discussed solidarity among Global South, UNSC reform, terrorism, climate finance, WB/IMF reform. He also held bilateral talks with Australia, Bahrain, Japan, UK on connectivity, economic linkages, regional dynamics.

Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America’s dominance of the global financial system — and especially the power of the dollar

Germany's foreign minister has called for Russia “to stop the bombing” of Ukraine, a pointed message to South Africa as it draws accusations of aiding Moscow's war effort

Last week, a quartet of African leaders headed out to Russia and Ukraine on a peace mission aimed at helping resolve the war between the countries that began last February with Russia's invasion of its neighbour. South Africa's International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor speaks to Georja Calvin-Smith about the mission's…

Expansion of the BRICS bloc is still a work in progress and members of the five-nation grouping are approaching the idea with a positive intent and an open mind, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has said.

As Brics foreign ministers meet in South Africa, diplomats from the bloc of major emerging economies say the group is open to enlargement. However their two-day conference has been overshadowed by questions over whether Russian President Vladimir Putin would be arrested if he attended a summit in August.

Bloc of developing countries calls for new ‘multipolar’ world order and a shift from Western balance of power