South Africa's ANC faces internal challenges and a Kenyan party merger is blocked

This topic covers two separate political stories involving parties named ANC. In South Africa, the African National Congress (ANC) is holding meetings and facing commentary about its political struggles and future direction. Separately, in Kenya, a court has blocked a planned merger between a Kenyan party also called ANC, led by Musalia Mudavadi, and the UDA party of President William Ruto.