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US President Donald Trump. (File photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Brics, G20 and Trump 2.0: A new geostrategic balance of power?

China’s changing priorities towards funding African development through smaller projects show a possible willingness to adapt to African priorities and economic needs.

People fill out their ballots in voting booths at the Green Street Community Centre in Concord, New Hampshire, on November 5, 2024. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)

Harris, Trump locked in tight US presidential race as swing state results pending

Bitcoin surged to over $75,000 as early returns appeared favourable for Trump on Tuesday night

Joe Rogan looks on during the UFC 306 at Riyadh Season Noche UFC event at Sphere on September 14, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC)

Joe Rogan endorses Donald Trump hours before US voting begins

On the eve of the election, Trump and Harris delivered closing arguments in a heated final push across battleground states

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

US ‘bonfire’ elections an opportunity for African development

Whoever wins, the country needs to build its ties on the continent and the rest of the world and exploit the opportunities that are created

Throw rock at him: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a rally in New Jersey. Photo: Michael M Santiago/Getty Images

The Trump presidential campaign a billionaires’ ballot

In the fight are Patrick Soon-Shiong and Jeff Bizos, who put pressure on the editors of the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, X’s Elon Musk and Silicon Valley’s Peter Thiel

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gaza and the US elections: Harris is a flawed but better alternative to Trump

Ultimately, a vote for Harris is a vote against the extremism and corruption of Trump, but it is not necessarily a vote for a more just or ethical foreign policy

US Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at the Resch Expo Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 17, 2024. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP)

Harris’s inability to secure strong lead an indictment on Democratic Party

It has alienated voters with its stance on Israel and its message does not resonate with crucial blocs such as the youth and black men

Obama cannot salvage Michigan for US presidential candidate Kamala Harris

People would be better off voting for Green Party candidate Jill Stein if they want the war in Gaza to stop

Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, gestures to the crowd as he concludes a campaign rally on October 19, 2024, in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

What Trump’s re-election could mean for global security and American foreign policy

If Donald Trump re-enters the White House after the 5 November elections, countries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will be delighted

Former US President Donald Trump departs following a campaign event in Wilkes-Barre Township, Pennsylvania, US, on Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024. Trump sought to tie Vice President Kamala Harris to high inflation during President Joe Biden’s administration, before pivoting to off-the-cuff criticisms, which he said allies have urged him to avoid. Photographer: Heather Khalifa/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump or Harris for president: The wars will rage on regardless

No matter which of the candidates wins the presidential race, US foreign policy is unlikely to change radically

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

US politics is the theatre of the absurd

Worse, the presidential elections don’t matter because Big Business has captured the state

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Manufacturing a presidential candidate: The case of Kamala Harris

The US vice-president needs to come up with a message that resonates with the white middle and working class to win them over in this election

(Graphic: John McCann/M&G)

The world’s year of elections simmers

Democracy’s march has been relentless this year as world leaders confront the will of the people

Were there age limits for presidents as there are for other jobs, Biden and the Democrats would not have faced the dilemma that seemed poised to divide and derail the Democratic Party’s run for the White House. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

The exit of Joe Biden: Age and competence in presidential politics

It is not old leaders that trouble society, but the failure to ensure that the younger generation is groomed to take over when the time comes

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

$1bn to boost African women’s economic status

The funding includes a $60 million for women in the digital economy and nearly $400 million from the private sector to close the gender digital divide

The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

As US vice-president Harris arrives in Zambia, here is what lies ahead

How does Zambia see its relationship with the US amid shifting global dynamics?

US President Donald Trump (R) Democratic Presidential candidate, former US Vice President Joe Biden and moderator, NBC News anchor, Kristen Welker (C) participate in the final presidential debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, on October 22, 2020. (Photo by JIM BOURG / POOL / AFP)

US elections: Neither candidate is taking climate change seriously

The climate policies of both parties are constrained because they are far too wedded to the neoliberal economic systems

US Vice President Mike Pence listens as US Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during the vice presidential debate in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah on October 7, 2020, in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Morry Gash/Pool/AFP)

No mention of Africa when it comes to US foreign policy

During pre-election debates in the United States, very little has been said on how they view one of the world’s largest markets — which, in turn, is determined to come into its own

US President Joe Biden. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)

Biden to face clash over race in upcoming Democrat debate

​Expect bare-knuckle political sparring when 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden battles his Democratic rivals this week

There’s Joe Biden, former president Barrack Obama’s vice-president for eight years. At the onset of the primary season that status alone catapulted him to the top of every poll as the presumptive nominee.(Kamil Krzaczynski/Reuters)

US Democratic frontrunner Biden drops in polls after debate

Biden, a former vice president under Barack Obama, still polls the highest at 22% among the two-dozen contenders for the Democratic nomination