In his announcement speech, Trump attacked Biden over inflation, crime and immigration
The former president says his announcement will be ‘perhaps the most important speech given in the history of the USA’
The women’s vote, abortion, the youth vote and concerns about democracy are factors influencing voters
A country cannot survive in isolation, particularly given that leaders of rightwing parties have ascended in countries around the world
His quiet campaign in the media contrasts sharply with Trump’s rhetoric and high-visibility mass rallies
The congressional committee investigating the mob attack on the US Capitol has said in its latest hearing the former president refused to take action to stop his supporters, despite pleas from aides
The US supreme court’s ruling on landmark abortion case will be felt most keenly by women
Another dreadful school massacre in the US raises the question: Will Americans ever get to grips with the ghastly phenomenon?
The forms of capitalism adopted in the West and in economies such as China are influenced by how early or late those polities were in coming to the game
Russia Today convinced me that Vladimir Putin is a liar and a power-hungry empire builder
Lindiwe Sisulu and other power and prosperity seekers in the ANC had the authority to improve the lives of ‘the people’, but didn’t
The congressional committee is examining if former president Donald Trump and his advisers encouraged or even plotted the violence.
Mark Meadows, who failed to appear before the congressional panel last month, is seen as a key witness to Trump’s role in efforts to overturn the election by undemocratic means
To understand more about what’s going on in South America’s most populous country, and what might happen next, The Continent spoke to João Bosco Monte, the head of the Brazil Africa Institute
Trump’s ban on the visa lottery was ruled to be illegal, but the government says it can’t help hundreds of Afghans who won it for at least another year.
To achieve a deeper democracy, it is necessary to confront the tensions that have existed between the media and successive presidents since 1994.
The mining industry is riding a wave that will eventually crash, analysts warn
Gender-based violence starts with words, it starts at home when boys learn that girls are inferior
Suntosh Pillay speaks to fellow psychologist Anton Botha, who is also a former UN staff member, about Israel and Palestine and whether or not the United Nations is abdicating its duties to maintain peace
Helen Zille decries using ‘lived experience’ in woke arguments, but does so herself in her latest book, says Shaun de Waal
But Big Pharma and the world trade body haven’t shifted on sharing vaccine intellectual property
The bitter outburst came after Fauci told CNN how shocked he had been when Trump last April called for states to “liberate” themselves as experts pleaded with Americans to obey shutdown orders
These one-of-a-kind digital collector’s items are being sold for unprecedented prices
The UN found that Trump ally Erik Prince violated the Libyan arms embargo. Here are the South Africans the report says helped him to do so
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In exclusive interviews, former officials explain what has gone wrong and why the United States keeps making the same mistakes
When it comes to engagement with Africa, the United States has lost ground to China, Russia, Turkey, and the Gulf States. That’s why the new Biden administration needs new policies for the continent, writes Gregory Meeks, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the US Congress
With political polarisations running deep after a divisive Trump presidency, the new administration will need to rid the country of crises on several fronts
Mutual mistrust there may have been, but economic activity between South Africa and the superpower remained robust. Now exports must diversify and create jobs
A democratic administration is likely to revert to the US’s default position on global affairs, which doesn’t leave much for Africa to celebrate
Several African governments have published plans to establish smart cities, including Cairo, Johannesburg, Kigali and Nairobi. They require the most advanced technologies available
Democracies are fragile entities that are often captured and exploited by populists, to the detriment of all concerned
The new US administration has an interest and much expertise in Africa. But given the scale of the priorities the administration faces, Africa must not expect to feature too prominently