New research shows that health-based climate messaging significantly increases public support for government action, especially in South Africa where concern over children and…
The clustering of Africa summits in 2026 is not coincidental. It reflects a continent whose geopolitical and economic weight is growing and whose governments are increasingly…
The LNG shock was underestimated. The foreign exchange and inflation feedback loop has proved more challenging than anticipated
As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity…
Recently, Canada’s PM Mark Carney declared the end of the rules-based order. It was an outstanding speech. Yet, US unilateralism first soared in the 1980s. The rest of the West…
For the first time in 14 years, the G20 youth engagement group (Y20) closed its summit last week without issuing a communiqué — the set of recommendations that usually feeds into…
The Japanese government is seeking to encourage its companies to think strategically and start to trade with and invest in Africa
Africa can take a leaf out of Japan’s book: power need not be a zero sum game; economic modernisation focused on diversification, domestication and indigenising modernity; to…
The government needs to form partnerships with communities, including businesses, which should empower employees to create a shared vision of environmental sustainability
Japan has long had strategic investment ties with South Africa, but the bond with an orphanage in Orlando, Soweto, goes deeper
The quick about-turns expose the internal contradictions – and lack of comprehensive planning – in US trade policy and its broader global economic implications.
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‘A kind of electoral long Covid’ has left its mark on countries around the world that went to the polls
The resurgence of Japanese fiction owes much to the controversial genius of Yukio Mishima. Drew Forrest re-examines his final novel cycle
Flight Centre brings you loads of tours suitable for over 50s which let you see the world with likeminded travellers in a similar age bracket
Despite this drop, trade figures remain encouraging, but various departments need to address policy and other issues to boost exports
Food recalls are rare in Japan, a country with famously high standards of sanitation
Local authorities have put the death toll at 30, but the number is expected to increase
The first study on airborne microplastics discovered that the tiny plastic particles are affecting cloud formation
Much of the enthusiasm for a new financial order might well be misaligned
