7+ hour, 7+ min ago  (313+ words) BRICS is exploring how to build economic resilience at a time when the West has weaponised everything from trade at one end to food and even energy at the other. At the BRICS Academic Forum, hosted by the Observer Research…...

2+ hour, 33+ min ago  (427+ words) China on Wednesday praised three African countries for refusing to allow Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te's aircraft to pass through their airspace, a move that forced him to cancel a planned trip to Eswatini. Taipei, in response, condemned what it described…...

21+ hour, 35+ min ago  (462+ words) Lai Ching-te, president of Taiwan, said on Tuesday he had cancelled a planned trip to Eswatini after his government accused China of pressuring three African nations to deny overflight permission to his aircraft. Eswatini, one of only a dozen countries…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (521+ words) Pope Leo set off on Monday for an ambitious 10-day tour of four countries in Africa, in a bid to urge global leaders "to address the needs on the continent where more than a fifth of the world's Catholics live....

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (349+ words) India has formally set the direction for its 2026 chairship of BRICS by hosting the first Sherpas and Sous Sherpas meeting in New Delhi on February 910. This marks the operational start of its fourth term at the helm of the grouping…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (323+ words) South Africa's presidency joked on Thursday that the country would "take a commercial break" from the G20 while U. S. President Donald Trump leads the forum, after Trump's administration confirmed it will not invite South Africa to participate. The U. S. took over the rotating…...

10+ mon, 4+ week ago  (534+ words) Ramaphosa aimed to reset U. S. -South Africa relations during Wednesday's White House talks, but Trump focused on false claims of white farmers being targeted and dispossessed. South Africans on Thursday praised President Cyril Ramaphosa for remaining calm in the face of…...

11+ mon, 6+ day ago  (459+ words) The United States' global HIV initiative, PEPFAR, was paying for about 17% of South Africa's HIV budget until President Donald Trump slashed aid shortly after taking office. Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday that South Africa has not yet arranged…...

11+ mon, 1+ week ago  (805+ words) US has admitted 59 white South Africans as refugees, citing racial bias " drawing Democratic criticism and confusion in South Africa. On Monday, the Trump administration welcomed 59 white South Africans to the US after granting them refugee status, citing racial discrimination as…...