The Venice Biennale is a study of global politics in miniature. While most nations exhibit in the shared complex of former shipyards, the Arsenale, […]
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Mining group backed by Gates and Bezos expands into DR Congo
DR Congo is the world’s number one supplier of cobalt, a metal used in the production of batteries for electric vehicles © Emmet Livingstone/AFP/Getty […]
Nigeria’s spiralling rural violence heaps pressure on president
The funeral of a man killed in an attack by gunmen in the Zike farming community in north-central Nigeria; a decades-old conflict between itinerant […]
South Africa scraps VAT increase in dramatic U-turn after coalition rift
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana will present a new budget in the next few weeks © Esa Alexander/Reuters South Africa’s finance minister has scrapped a […]
Ex-Credit Suisse chief Thiam vows to fight Ivory Coast electoral ban
Ivorian opposition leader and former Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane Thiam has said he will “use every legal means” to fight a ruling that […]
Cocoa: a bittersweet tale
Price dropped in February after an impressive 2024 when cocoa performed better than bitcoin © Getty Images Treasure those Easter eggs. Cocoa markets have […]
Cocoa: a bittersweet tale
Price dropped in February after an impressive 2024 when cocoa performed better than bitcoin © Getty Images Treasure those Easter eggs. Cocoa markets have […]
US explores drastic cuts to state department operations
The US embassy in Bangui in the Central African Republic: the draft executive order calls for all ‘non-essential embassies and consulates in sub-Saharan Africa’ […]
Tidjane Thiam suffers major blow to presidential ambitions in Ivory Coast
Tidjane Thiam called the court’s ruling ‘democratic vandalism’ © Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Former Credit Suisse chief executive Tidjane Thiam has been removed from Ivory […]
South Africa’s new US envoy brushes off past criticism of ‘racist’ Trump
Mcebisi Jonas said his goal was to mend relations ‘both at the economic and trade level, as well as working to realign the two […]