Chinese diplomats threatened to cancel a summit and called top officials in two African countries to pressure lawmakers to ...

Analysis - The South African government has underscored the urgent need to diversify the country's agricultural exports in the wake of the US decision to increase tariffs on its trading partners.

The US accounts for 4% of South Africa’s agricultural exports. The biggest agricultural exports to the US are citrus, wine, ...

Analysis - Until dependency ratios shift, Africa's large youthful population will remain the continent's biggest barrier to ...

Researchers warn that South Africa and Chile should avoid taking out huge loans to set up green hydrogen industries.

For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...

In an initial statement responding to the tariffs that Trump announced last week, China’s foreign ministry accused the US of ...

China’s role in Africa reflects one of the most significant shifts in global alliances and economic power dynamics over the past decade. In 2024, China’s trade with Africa increased nearly 5 ...

China has for the first time extended ultra-secure communication into the southern hemisphere using a quantum key distribution link with South Africa, according to a senior scientist involved in ...

The countries of the Horn of Africa suffer from violence and insecurity. The region is a hub on the trade and migration route in the Red Sea, bordering the ...