ANC Considers National Unity Government as Coalition Talks Intensify

The African National Congress announced its inclination towards forming a government of national unity in South Africa. However, the second-largest party expressed its unwillingness to join a government that includes some of its smaller rivals, according to Reuters. The ANC, which has governed since Nelson Mandela’s historic 1994 election victory, lost its parliamentary majority in last week’s election for the first time in the democratic era.