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Can Africa survive the global aid squeeze? Yes, but it will take financial discipline

Africa faces declining aid, rising debt, climate pressure and a weakening global order. Official development assistance, the technical term for foreign aid, fell by 23.1% in 2025, the largest annual contraction on record. It’s projected to decline by a further 5.8% in 2026, before accounting...
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Trump confirms Turkey trip ahead of NATO summit in Ankara

US President Donald Trump has publicly confirmed for the first time that he plans to travel to Turkey this year, weeks after Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that he would attend the NATO summit in Ankara. “We’ll be going to Turkey,” Trump told reporters...
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Africa’s development banks are being undermined: the continent will pay the price

Ghana and Zambia’s official creditors are pressing them to default on loans to two African...
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Fear of a government of disunity

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider President Cyril Ramaphosa has fired his first cabinet member since he...
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Minister Lamola Reflects on 70 Years Since Apartheid: Calls for True Economic Equality at G20 Sherpa Meeting

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider The Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, was among...
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Sherpa Knowledge Seminar

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider Ahead of the G20 leaders summit in November this year, the...
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Norway calls for G20 Sherpa meeting to address ongoing global conflict

Henrik Harboe of Norway has highlighted the crucial role of the third Sherpa meeting...
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African finance ministers shouldn’t be making bond deals: how to hand over the job to experts

Eurobonds, debts owed in a foreign currency, have become a quick and attractive way...
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Mozambique after 50 years of independence: what’s there to celebrate?

Mozambique’s government, led by the Frelimo party, has long been planning celebrations for 2025....
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China Urges Youth to Seize Training Opportunities

Brian Sokutu As the plane descended towards Beijing, a surge of anticipation coursed through Michael...
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SA signs US$1.5 billion loan with World Bank

The South African government and the World Bank have signed a US$1.5 billion Development...
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Iran looks for Russian gun 

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider  48 hours after the United States launched air strikes on Iran,...
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Breaking the Mullahs: The Escalating War on Iran’s Nuclear Ambitions

By Mirna Fahmy In the aftermath of the October 7 attack on Israel, a wave...
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Kenya’s police still kill with impunity – what needs to be done to stop them

Days ahead of the first anniversary in Kenya of the Gen Z-led anti-government protests that resulted...
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Can Africa survive the global aid squeeze? Yes, but it will take financial discipline

Africa faces declining aid, rising debt, climate pressure and a weakening global order. Official...
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Trump confirms Turkey trip ahead of NATO summit in Ankara

US President Donald Trump has publicly confirmed for the first time that he plans...
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China’s Global Governance White Paper: A Push for Multilateralism and a More Equitable World Order

*By Thobile Jiwulane The accelerating shift toward multilateralism in international politics has intensified calls for...
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Leaders of Iran and US sign a deal that will aim to end the war 

By Lesedi Sibiya-Diplomatic Insider  The presidents of Iran and the United States have now signed...