Africa

Transport is essential in global contexts, yet it often comes with high costs in many regions of Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular, depends heavily on road transport. As populations grow, many people cannot afford their own…

Indonesia has expressed its desire to join the BRICS group of major emerging economies, which accounts for 35% of global economic output, as a means to strengthen emerging countries, its foreign ministry said in a statement. While BRICS…

South Korea has expressed “grave concern” over Russia’s bid to seal a defence pact with North Korea, which has been accused of supplying troops to Moscow for possible deployment in its war in Ukraine. Russia’s lower house of parliament on…

Turkey's foreign minister will travel to Djibouti next week to attend a Turkey-Africa ministerial meeting and discuss improving cooperation between Ankara and the continent, officials from his ministry said. NATO member Turkey has ramped…

Thousands of security cameras have been installed across Somalia's capital to monitor the movement of militants and reassure residents, but they have also made business owners fearful of reprisal attacks. Rolled out this year as part of…

Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed who is attending his first BRIC summit on behalf of a member nation met Russian president Vladimir Putin for a bilateral meeting. The Russian leader called Ethiopia's integration into the group an…

President Felix Tshisekedi is of this opinion, he announced that "a commission will be set up next year to work on the matter." Speaking to crowds of supporters in Kisangani, in the country's north-east, Tshisekedi said the current…

African leaders attending the summit of BRICS nations currently underway in Russia, spoke about what they see as important issues on the international stage. The coalition that started with Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa…

The Ukraine Army gears up for coming winter, which will be a real test for an exhausted Ukrainian population in its third year of war. Russia has steadily been degrading the country’s energy infrastructure, as power stations, electricity…

Nigeria's opposition party, the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has fixed its long-awaited National Executive, NEC, Meeting, for 28 November 2024. Reading a communique at the end of its consultative meeting in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital,…