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Liquefied natural gas (LNG) took an even harder hit. Oil prices surged more than 50% but LNG soared as much as 143%—a three-year high. Photo warrenski

The impact of the US/Israel–Iran crisis on Asia

The LNG shock was underestimated. The foreign exchange and inflation feedback loop has proved more challenging than anticipated

Guard jealously: Africa must move at pace with other nations seeking to protect data as a strategic asset. Photo: Dragos Condrea

Africa’s data, the new sovereignty frontier

Data sovereignty refers to the principle that all data is subject to the laws and regulations of the nation state or jurisdiction in which it is collected. This concept gained…

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Africa’s busiest airport has a drug problem

A Kenyan citizen was facing execution in Vietnam. Her ordeal began with lax security at Addis Ababa’s Bole International Airport

Flight Centre’s year in travel 2024: where you went and where you’re headed next…

Your ticket to insider travel scoops, data bites, and expert predictions for the year ahead

Best tours for over 50s: Your next adventure awaits

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

The maize imports are limited and exports to various destinations in the world continue. Photo: File

SA’s agricultural export growth cools slightly in second quarter of 2024

Despite this drop, trade figures remain encouraging, but various departments need to address policy and other issues to boost exports

Just don’t do it: A barge transports coal (above) at the Mahakam River in Samarinda in Indonesia, and a forest is cleared for farming in the country’s North Kalimantan area. (Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Decarbonising: SA v Indonesia

South Africa is more advanced on the just transition but pledges are rolling for Indonesia

Eskom chief executive Dan Marokane says coal is important for the country to drive industrialisation. (Getty Images)
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Fixing Eskom can’t come soon enough

Separating Eskom into generation, transmission and distribution could play a significant role in reducing power cuts

In 2018, Mail & Guardian reported that the number of captive bears in Vietnam had dropped dramatically since 2005, from about 4 500 to less than 800 today. Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Asiatic black bear cubs saved from illegal wildlife trade in Vietnam

Two bear cubs, weighing only 2.4kg and 3.3kg, were rescued from a man intending to sell them on the illicit wildlife market

In the time of wars and refugees, let us now talk peace

When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, was not that the moment for the United Nations to send its secretary general to Moscow to demand a ceasefire?

US President Joe Biden listens as Vice president Kamala Harris (L) speaks during an event at the White House with members of the National Governors Association on January 31, 2022 in Washington, DC. The National Governors Association concludes its three day winter meeting today.  (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

US politicians paper over the social problems caused by capitalism

Mainstream American politicians — establishment figures in both major parties — apply the denial and displacement mantra to many problems, especially inflation

An employee walks past stockpiled of coal for shipping at the Richard’s Bay coal terminal, in Richard’s Bay. (Dean Hutton/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

COP26: Momentum gathers to end new coal builds

South Africa, the continent’s largest emitter, is not among several African countries that joined the UK-led coalition committing to phase out the fossil fuel

Billboard in Freetown, Sierra Leone reads “Ebola, Survivors are our Heroes & Heroines. Stop The Stigma !!!”

Africa in brief: August 21 – 28

What’s been happening on the continent this week?

A pangolin skin is displayed amongst other exotic and illegal animal parts at a stall on February 17, 2016 in Mong La, Myanmar. Mong La, the capital of Myanmar’s Special Region No. 4, is a mostly lawless area where Chinese tourists are able to cross the border for exotic poached animals, gambling, and prostitution. (Photo by Taylor Weidman/Getty Images)

Pangolins pushed to the brink of extinction

The trafficking of scales is no longer a ‘niche’ criminal activity, but a serious and organised crime that threatens to make all eight species extinct within 20 years

Graduates are being left in the lurch by a higher education department that is simply unable to deliver the crucial certificates proving their qualifications – in some cases dating back to 1992

Where do Africans study abroad?

China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria

Significant public attention in relation to Covid-19 has focused on the economic dimensions of the virus resulting in joblessness and deprivation on a monumental scale.

Censorship, surveillance could be the biggest rights challenges post Covid-19

The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic

Several families said were already deep in debt after borrowing money to pay for their children’s risky journey overseas, and did not know how they would repay the loans. (Reuters/Nguyen Huy Kham)

First bodies of UK truck victims arrive in Vietnam for burial

The bodies of 31 men and eight women were discovered in a refrigerated lorry in an industrial state in Essex, east of London, on October 23.

Withdrawing from global climate change agreements and building more walls and fences to keep poor and destitute people out is not the solution. (John McCann/M&G)

Borders can’t stem migrants’ search for a better life

Young Vietnamese driven by poverty, made worse by climate change, became traffickers’ victims

Diplomatic ties: Ambassador Mpetjane Kgaogelo Lekgoro agreed with his immigration officer’s decision, but was instructed to  overturn it.

Immigration visa row in Vietnam

A South African official has found herself in trouble after denying a visa to a would-be teacher, despite the application being riddled with errors

The local cement industry is able to provide 20-million tonnes of cement but is currently only producing 13-million tonnes. (John McCan/M&G)

Easy imports bury jobs in concrete

Cheaper cement from China and Vietnam has hit producers in SA, who are asking the state for help