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The California Department of Water Resources hopes to learn from how Cape Town, South Africa, copes with running out of water in the next 90 days.

Politicians of all stripes and world leaders from around the globe are rushing to condemn President Donald Trump for his alleged reference to “shithole countries,” made during a negotiation with Democrats in the Oval Office on Thursday.

The Strategic Affairs Ministry under Gilad Erdan has compiled a list of organizations it says promote the boycott of Israel, and will cooperate with the Interior Ministry to block members of those groups from entering the country, Hadashot news reported Saturday.

German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel reiterated his description of Israeli policies in the territories as embodying the former apartheid regime in South Africa, prompting fierce criticism on Friday from Jewish human-rights organizations and a leading German Jewish activist.

Emmerson Mnangagwa, who became the new and theoretically temporary president of Zimbabwe after the military cordially invited his nonagenarian mentor Robert Mugabe to consider retirement, made his first foreign trip in office on Thursday. He visited South Africa to convince investors that Zimbabwe is once again a safe place to put their money.

Why should Americans care about the election of Cyril Ramaphosa to lead South Africa’s ruling African National Congress? There are three reasons.

South African Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa was elected to lead the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at the party’s 54th conference in Johannesburg on Monday, lifting hopes for political reform and boosting the South African rand against the U.S. dollar.

Contents: Thanksgiving euphoria in Zimbabwe when Robert Mugabe resigns after 37 years; Observers fear a new Zimbabwe dictatorship under Emmerson Mnangagwa

The fate of Robert Mugabe remained in doubt on Thursday, as he reportedly negotiated with the Zimbabwean military to either retain power or receive safe passage out of the country into exile.

Contents: More on the evacuation of ISIS militants from Raqqa, Syria; Zimbabwe coup splits ruling Zanu-pf party along generational lines; Zimbabwe Commander Chiwenga gives a totally delusional explanation for the coup

The Zimbabwean media seized control of the state broadcasting station and took President Robert Mugabe, 93, into custody on Wednesday morning, according to numerous international media reports.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki declared last week that his own party, the African National Congress (ANC), “has become so corrupted that … unprincipled access to political power and the related corrupt self-enrichment has in fact become the norm within the organisation.”

Thousands of mainly white, Afrikaans-speaking South Africans have taken to the streets to protest the ongoing epidemic of savage farm murders sweeping the country.

WASHINGTON — US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley excoriated a UN official on Friday who urged economic sanctions against Israel and who released a report calling on increased international pressure to end Israel’s “illegal occupation” of the Palestinian territories.

Contents: Burundi’s Hutu government leaves International Criminal Court to avoid war crimes charges; Burundi to amend constitution to let Nkurunziza hold power until 2034

Another South African farmer has been reported killed after three gunmen attacked his homestead — part of a sustained campaign of violence across the country.

Former South African President Kgalema Motlanthe recently stated that his African National Congress (ANC) party has become so corrupt it should lose the 2019 election for its own good. A few weeks later, with the ANC coming apart at the seams, political analysts believe incumbent President Jacob Zuma may postpone December’s party elections in a bid to retain power for his faction.

Contents: Chinese and Indian behavior: A study in contrasts during Doklam crisis; Analysts draw lessons from the China vs. India Doklam border standoff.

China increases its funding for the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) international alliance to fight the “protectionism” espoused by U.S. President Donald Trump.

Politics, it is said, ought to stop at the water’s edge. Not so for former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Patrick Gaspard, who trashed President Donald Trump and his administration in a visit to his former host country last week.

Contents: Anti-government tensions grow in Cameroon’s English-speaking regions; Violence grows as Cameroon cracks down on Anglophone activists; Cameroon will use police and soldiers to force children to go to school.

The Algemeiner reports: This summer, 153 foreign volunteers from 12 different countries are enlisting in the IDF, according to data published on Sunday by the Israeli Defense Ministry. The group of new recruits — 122 males and 31 females — features

News from South Africa is replete with new stories of corruption in President Jacob Zuma’s administration. President Donald Trump may be able to help.

The country’s relatively peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy inspired great expectations for its future. But now South Africa has entered a deep political and economic crisis for which it seems to have no easy answers.

Verashni Pillay resigned as editor of HuffPo South Africa after publishing a post calling for voting rights to be stripped from white males.

The South African edition of left wing media site The Huffington Post has published an opinion piece accusing white men of being a retrograde force in politics and calling for the vote to be withdrawn from the racial gender group as a means to advance the “progressive cause”.

Crowds of South Africans are expected to take to the streets on Friday in national demonstrations against President Jacob Zuma.

A young couple has been detained in the United Arab Emirates for having sex outside of marriage, even though they are engaged to be married, as reported by the UK Independent.

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Mourners in South Africa held a funeral on Tuesday for a British woman who was brutally assaulted and killed by attackers at her farm.

Contents: Xenophobic violence against migrants returns to South Africa; South Africa threatens to crack down on businesses hiring illegal immigrants

A 3-month-old baby girl in South Africa has been eaten alive by giant rats after her mother left her home alone to go out drinking.

In a speech to Cuban government officials, South African President Jacob Zuma praised the communist dictator Fidel Castro as someone who embraced the values of “internationalism, liberty, equality and justice.”

Contents: Spain blocks Russia fleet refueling stop over planned bombing in Aleppo Syria; The Gambia follows Burundi and S. Africa in leaving the International Criminal Court

Contents: South Africa’s withdrawal throws future of International Criminal Court into doubt; Is the ICC racially biased against Africans?; The fallacy of prosecuting war crimes

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — South Africa has decided to withdraw from the International Criminal Court following a dispute last year over a visit by Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (pictured), who is wanted by the tribunal for alleged war crimes, crimes

Israel awakens Wednesday to the sad news that Shimon Peres, a pioneer and president, passed away at the age of 93 after a recent stroke.