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Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has called for a common currency among BRICS nations Exclusive News Conflict between the world’s leading economic powers threatens smaller and less developed nations, South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has declared. “The most powerful economies are in a fractious trade conflict that threatens all the smaller economies of the world,” she…

The continent requires over $700 billion from international investors, a banking executive has said Exclusive News Africa will need more than $700 billion in investment to develop its renewable energy and expand mining of the metals required for a green transition, the CEO of Standard Bank Group, Kenny Fihla, told Bloomberg, according to RT News. According to him, funding for…

More than 400 people have died in the disaster, many of whom were buried in mass graves Exclusive News Two babies have been rescued floating on Lake Kivu days after flash floods and landslides devastated the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kalehe region in the eastern South Kivu province last week, leaving at least 411 people dead, RT TV reported. The infants were saved…

The latest violence is said to be unrelated to the power struggle between the country’s rival armed forces Exclusive News Renewed clashes among the Hausa and Nuba ethnic groups in the Sudanese city of Kosti have claimed 25 lives. The violence comes amid weeks of fighting between rival military factions in the capital Khartoum, with the UN on Thursday calling for an end to the conflict…

Washington’s accusations are disappointing and undermine bilateral ties, President Cyril Ramaphosa has said Exclusive News South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has pushed back against accusations by a US envoy who claimed that Pretoria provided Russia with military assistance amid the Ukraine conflict, according to RT News. On Thursday, Reuben Brigety, the US…

Locals say the efforts of the former leader and support from the Soviet Union helped to end the all-white political system Exclusive News The BRICS group of nations will debate the feasibility of introducing a common currency for global trade as an alternative to the US dollar at the bloc’s next summit in Johannesburg, Bloomberg has reported, citing South Africa’s minister of…

South Africa’s foreign minister says the bloc must carefully discuss the idea Exclusive News The BRICS group of nations will debate the feasibility of introducing a common currency for global trade as an alternative to the US dollar at the bloc’s next summit in Johannesburg, Bloomberg has reported, citing South Africa’s minister of international relations and…