The message is unmistakable: allies must contribute to the US-Israeli campaign against Iran or face consequences for the partnership itself. Yet, as the conflict enters its fourth week, Trump appears increasingly comfortable with a go-it-alone strategy.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced that the ceasefire would apply “everywhere including Lebanon and elsewhere”, positioning Islamabad as the central diplomatic channel in a rapidly shifting conflict
Analysts say that while trade diversification remains important, the Middle East provides key corridors to agricultural exports
In Abu Dhabi, a space built for coexistence raises difficult questions about religion, power and the violence unfolding across the region
The US-Israel war on Iran is disrupting oil trade, pushing up petrol prices and raising concerns over the growing use of religion to justify war
The senseless US-Israel war has caused economic tremors around the world and sucked all of us into an unprecedented crisis characterised by soaring oil prices, the wanton destruction of infrastructure, the killing of innocent people, a humanitarian crisis and uncertainty
This breakdown reveals that a significant portion of the fuel price sits within domestic policy control. The government cannot stop a war in the Middle East but it can intervene in the domestic cost structure
The lesson is clear: democracy in Washington’s playbook is not a universal value but a lever, invoked when nations resist economic control, claim authority over their own resources or chart independent destinies
Too often, leadership is seduced by power. The allure of authority, prestige and influence can slowly overwhelm the original motivation to serve people. What begins as a commitment to uplift communities can quietly turn into an obsession with status and control
The war in the Middle East isn’t coming to our doorstep- it is already here. You will feel it at the pumps, in the supermarket aisles and in your beer mug. The ripple effect of fuel price increases is such that everything else including taxi fares and food prices will shoot through the roof
Geopolitical instability does not necessarily undermine trade and investments, economic alignment can weather the storm of volatility
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged South Africans in Israel to cross the land border into Jordan — one of the few remaining safe exit routes
Within the SACU region, there is supposed to be free movement of agricultural goods, with a few exceptions, including national security and when there are crop and animal diseases
In her new book Flotilla: A Journey of Conscience, Zukiswa Wanner recounts the harrowing final hours of a civilian flotilla intercepted while attempting to break the blockade of Gaza
The presidency said sustainable peace and stability could only be achieved through solutions that centred on the agency of the Iranian people
US President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to take military action against Nigeria to save Christians from a “genocide”
Tariffs were meant to punish Chinese exporters and encourage American manufacturing; instead, they have raised prices for US consumers
The latest data for the third quarter shows that South Africa’s agricultural exports totalled US$4.7 billion, up from 13% from the same period a year ago
The attempt to betray the mediator and trivialise the values of dialogue represents a moral collapse — not only for the region but for humanity at large
Women and young people don’t need foreign experts to tell them what their communities need; they need resources and support to implement locally developed and relevant solutions
US involvement in the Middle East and Israel’s attacks on Iran and its retaliation make the US military base in Qatar a target
The airstrikes are about more than Iran’s nuclear capacity; they are aimed at the network of supporters of Palestinians’ right to exist
The ministry of international relations called for the de-escalition of the conflict between Israel and Iran
The Kenyan American political scientist argued that the Global South acquiring nuclear weapons would lead to universal nuclear disarmament
The quick about-turns expose the internal contradictions – and lack of comprehensive planning – in US trade policy and its broader global economic implications.
This plan, dressed in the language of logistics or development, is unmistakably a manifestation of a hard-line agenda aimed at erasing Palestinian presence from the land
The G20 is meant to be a more inclusive space, but the selective participation of global powers suggests that the same patterns of exclusion persist
Israel’s military exports and ‘emotional extortion’ have thus far given it diplomatic protection against its injustices in the Middle East and role in global conflict
A number of local universities may face cuts to their funding after cutting ties with Israeli institutions
Israel’s seemingly limitless brutality is rooted in ‘the logic of dehumanisation’
The secretary general of the United Nations is committed to peace, yet Israel in its war on Gaza and beyond chose to ban him
The current administration delivered an American foreign policy that continues to benefit vested interests. Different administration, different party, same script