Donald Trump’s tariff threat to Lesotho shows the danger of relying on preferential trade access
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Botswana pushes for controlling stake in De Beers
Comments come days before bids due for Anglo American’s diamond business
South Africa sells staff mansion seized from infamous Gupta brothers
Two bigger properties belonging to family who were at centre of ‘state capture’ scandal fail to sell at auction
Mass trial hands down lengthy sentences to Tunisian opposition figures
President Saied faced demonstrations when he staged a power grab in 2021 © REUTERS A Tunisian court has handed down jail sentences ranging from […]
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 […]
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’ […]
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 […]
Trump’s Gaza plan piles pressure on his ‘favourite dictator’
When Donald Trump took office, Egypt’s Abdel Fattah al-Sisi — a man the US president once described as his “favourite dictator” — might have […]
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 […]
Can these architects right the wrongs of Britain’s colonial past?
The Venice Biennale is a study of global politics in miniature. While most nations exhibit in the shared complex of former shipyards, the Arsenale, […]