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International Relations and Cooperation Minister Ronald Lamola. Photo: Phill Magakoe/Gallo Images

SA downplays icing of Russian foreign minister as ‘family photo’ cancelled

South Africa attributes the cancellation of a photograph of foreign ministers at the G20 meeting to logistical constraints, rather than Western diplomats avoiding Russia’s Sergey…

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International justice: End or emancipation?

If we are to avoid a world where impunity reigns and the powerful are above the law, states committed to international justice must rethink accountability approaches and alliances

Tech billionaire and head of the Department of Government Efficiency, Elon Musk, with United States President Donald Trump, and Musk’s son X Æ A-12 in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Photo: @elonmusk

Why the US Is turning up the heat on South Africa

Some hard decisions are coming up as the United States tries to discredit South Africa’s standing on the world stage

New friends: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is welcomed by Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa in Harare. (Iranian Presidency/Getty Images)

President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit: What is Iran looking for in Africa?

The Middle-Eastern power is waking up to the continent’s potential as a strategic partner for oil exploration, among other win-win ventures

A gas flare on an oil production platform (Raheb Homavandi/Reuters)

France’s Total has officially left Iran

​French energy giant Total has officially quit its multi-billion-dollar gas project in Iran, says Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh

Security forces wanted to do business with Higginbottom to ease US restrictions.

Watchdog calls on US to lift Zimbabwe diamond sanctions

The 81 countries taking part in the Kimberley Process have called on the US to follow the EU’s lead and lift sanctions on Zimbabwean mines.

US to lift Zimbabwe sanctions only after ‘peaceful reforms’

After the SADC’s call for a lifting of sanctions on Zimbabwe’s re-elected president, it conceded to do so after political reforms in the country.

US charges two men with illegally lobbying for Mugabe

Two US men have been charged with illegally lobbying to have sanctions lifted against Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe.

Local oil companies brace for US-sanctions fallout

United States sanctions on Iranian oil exports set to impact local refiners.

Mugabe: We can reject Zuma (but he may stay

Zimbabwe Attorney General slapped with US sanctions

The US imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s Attorney General for his alleged role in undermining the crisis-ridden African nation’s democracy.

New Korea sanctions ‘violation’of UN statement

New sanctions against North Korea will violate a UN statement issued after the sinking of a South Korean warship, Pyongyang said on Thursday.