Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening…
Since taking office, Taiwan’s leader Lai Ching-te has consistently provided massive aid to Eswatini to maintain diplomatic relations. Lai’s recent “sneak trip” to Eswatini,…
Somaliland’s strategic value in the Horn of Africa means the repercussions of such a decision would be far-reaching
The international relations ministry says there will be further ‘engagements’ to find a solution
The government will not review foreign policy to accommodate the demands of the Democratic Alliance, a senior official said
The Inkatha Freedom Party says it will resolve all policy issues through the cabinet clearing house
Instructing Taipei to move its trade office out of the diplomatic capital to Johannesburg was standard practice, the department said
Despite this drop, trade figures remain encouraging, but various departments need to address policy and other issues to boost exports
The continent asked for more say in global health decisions after Covid. It now has that. The mpox declaration is a test of this new power
Tensions between the US and China could come to a head early this year, posing another risk to the global economy
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shock waves around the world. As the International Crisis Group shows, several other crises loom
Will the West be able to summon the fortitude to oppose Tsar Putin?
Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or economic…
Authoritarian would-be emperors such as Putin and Jinping and the US’s military-industrial complex erode the open society and its values of individual freedoms
China had warned of ‘serious consequences’ in the lead-up to the visit but has avoided any significant military escalation so far
China’s President Xi Jinping warned the US that it was ‘playing with fire’ over the speaker of the house of representatives Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi arrived in Taiwan on August 2 2022 – a highly controversial trip that has been strongly opposed by China.
Only through the lens of history can we understand why China fought so hard for a place in the Olympics on its own terms — to heal the scars of Western colonialism and civil war
Incompetence, corruption and cronyism are part of many liberation organisations for complex reasons, but such organisational culture tends to persist into government.
China views Taiwan as part of its territory.
