BRYAN DEAN WRIGHT: The Democrats Want America To Be More Like South Africa. That’s A Terrible Idea Bryan Dean Wright on July 15, 2023 On Sunday, the White House Press…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Standard Chartered said on Friday it has reached an agreement to sell its subsidiaries in sub-Saharan Africa to Nigeria’s Access Bank, putting into motion a plan announced…
By Nyasha Chingono HARARE (Reuters) – Zimbabwe and Iran signed 12 memorandums of understanding on Thursday to strengthen bilateral ties, as Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi wrapped up his three-nation African…
By John Irish, Elizabeth Pineau and Bate Felix PARIS/DAKAR (Reuters) – After armed men killed nine Chinese nationals at a gold mine in Central African Republic in March, a video…
Biden Bragged About Building A Solar Farm In Africa. Taxpayers Are Fronting $900 Million For It John Hugh DeMastri on June 15, 2023 President Joe Biden on Wednesday bragged about…
GENEVA (Reuters) – Nearly 3,800 people died on migration routes within and from the Middle East and North Africa last year, the highest number recorded there since 2017, according to…
By Tom Balmforth KYIV (Reuters) – Ukraine’s foreign minister began a tour of African countries this week, stepping up wartime Kyiv’s diplomatic push to challenge Russian influence in the “Global…
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Our species arose in Africa more than 300,000 years ago, with the oldest-known Homo sapiens fossils discovered at a site in Morocco called Jebel…
DUBAI (Reuters) – Banking group Citi has appointed Omar Hafeez as head of its North Africa, Levant and Central Asia operations based in Dubai after a reorganisation of the company’s…
By Joe Bavier WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Africa is struggling with the triple shock of rising debt burdens, an ongoing food crisis and climate change fallout and needs more help from…
PARIS (Reuters) – Stellantis said on Wednesday it had reached a preliminary agreement with South African authorities to build a production site, its first in the country, by the end…
By Kanishka Singh and Simon Lewis WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Thursday countries like India and South Africa, which have not joined the West…
US Oil Giant Turns Attention To Africa Amid Biden Crackdown On Russia John Hugh DeMastri on February 6, 2023 U.S. oil giant Chevron has restarted talks with the Algerian government…
By Andrea Shalal MWALUMINA VILLAGE, Chongwe District, Zambia (Reuters) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Tuesday called for urgent action to improve long-term food security in Africa and around…
By Rene Wagner BERLIN (Reuters) – German companies want to boost their activities in Africa next year, especially in areas such as green hydrogen and liquefied natural gas, with 43%…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The World Bank’s private investment arm sees huge potential to boost investment in Africa and help support entrepreneurship and digital transformation on the continent,…
By Vuyani Ndaba JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The South African Reserve Bank will probably jack up interest rates by just 50 basis points more in early 2023 as signs of disinflation…
By Jeffrey Dastin (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp aims to secure internet access for 100 million more people in Africa by 2025, teaming up with a satellite provider and setting the…
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – MTN South Africa and MTN GlobalConnect, in partnership with a consortium, have landed a 45,000 kilometre subsea cable in South Africa, part of plans to build a…
By Helen Reid and Nelson Banya JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Mining companies and governments in Africa are calling for stronger trade ties with the United States after a new climate law…
By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – African nations facing a food crisis brought on in part by the global pandemic and conflict in Ukraine need immediate liquidity support and in…
(Reuters) – S&P Global Ratings on Friday maintained its positive outlook on South Africa, as the agency expects that a net external creditor position and the implementation of some structural…
By Promit Mukherjee JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The Africa head of Ford Motor Co said the South African government must deliver policy certainty on electric vehicles (EVs) within six months to save…
By Ayenat Mersie NAIROBI (Reuters) – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Thursday it was committing $7 billion to Africa over the next four years, as Bill Gates…
By Promit Mukherjee and Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s South Africa unit aims to develop new markets for its petrol and diesel cars in Asia and Latin America, its…