Open this photo in gallery:The green jungle canopy of Sao Tome and Principe caught the eye of South African multimillionaire Mark Shuttleworth. He is investor behind the new luxury eco-tourism resorts on the two-island nation.PRINCIPE COLLECTION The …
The bullet ripped through the young man’s face, scattering his teeth in a pool of blood on the concrete floor. As more gunshots rang through the air, the joyous sounds of thousands of people who had gathered in central Maputo on 9 January turned to …
— Jamal M. Moosa and Pratibha Poonia(From civil wars and insurgencies to ethnic tensions and resource-based disputes, Africa has long been a continent marked by conflicts, resulting in widespread instability and humanitarian crises. The region is also …
Chinese President Xi Jinping (centre) stands with leaders from African countries at the meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, in Beijing in September 2024. (AFP) Natural- and human-resource-rich Africa has seen many a geopolitical storm. It has …
Food is expensive – prices in African cities have generally been much higher than in other developing regions of the world COP27, being held in Egypt in November 2022, must prioritise development, investment and inclusion in healthy markets to reverse this …
Digital propaganda and manipulated information by external actors erode public confidence in democracy on the continent. For the past three decades, Beijing has started the year by sending its foreign minister to Africa, signalling Chinese commitment to …
Energy delivery to shape the future of sub-Saharan Africa February 2025 Electrical Power & Protection By Lee Mbenge, divisional chief executive officer at ACTOM. The transmission and distribution (T&D) of energy are the critical links connecting …
Despite Ramaphosa’s downplaying of their potential impact, the reality is that South Africa and the continent are at grave risk. It has been four days since United States (US) President Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that he would be ‘cutting off …
Watan-Mauritania’s position on the Palestinian cause has been a central pillar of its foreign policy, especially during the presidency of Moktar Ould Daddah, the country’s first president, who led Mauritania from its independence in 1960 until his …
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