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ANC faces bruising defeat in South African local elections with 80% of ballots counted

Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 result The African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelson Mandela falling to under a third of the vote nationally with more than 80% of ballots counted. Wednesday’s fragmented vote marks another stage in the decline of the ANC, which has led national governments since the end of white minority apartheid rule in 1994. High unemployment, crime, corruption and poor local service delivery have all contributed to vot

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ليبرمان يبدي مرونة بشأن تجنيد الحريديم لتسهيل تشكيل حكومة تطيح بنتانياهو

أعلن زعيم حزب "إسرائيل بيتنا" أفيغدور ليبرمان الجمعة استعداده لتخفيف موقفه الرافض لإعفاء اليهود المتشددين دينيا (الحريديم) من الخدمة العسكرية، في مسعى لتشكيل ائتلاف حكومي يطيح برئيس الوزراء بنيامين نتانياهو.

France 24
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