The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this young is not a problem to be managed. It is a generation to be partnered with
Our simple argument is that the Second Scramble for Africa shouldn’t happen on our watch when we have so much at our disposal to avert this age-old plunder. It is a shameful indictment on the collective leadership of the continent that Africa continues to bleed resources through such blatant thievery as illicit financial flows, which currently stands billions of US dollars
Transnational commitments are celebrated, while attachment to the nation‑state is treated with suspicion
The judiciary and legal academy entrenched the same exclusion. They protected the existing order through property law, constitutional abstraction and procedural sanctity. They elevated form above the history of conquest. They treated settler possession as the legal present and African dispossession as historical background
The assassination of Khamenei was another blatant violation of international law. It was also part of a broader strategy to eliminate moderate leaders, whose absence is then used to justify replacing diplomacy with military campaigns
Recently, Canada’s PM Mark Carney declared the end of the rules-based order. It was an outstanding speech. Yet, US unilateralism first soared in the 1980s. The rest of the West complied as long as it was beneficial. Today, it no longer is
The Trump administration slapped South Africa with a 30% import tariff, effective last August
The emphasis on might and control risks further weakening America’s position as a dependable global partner in diplomatic settings
This is not diplomacy; it is an eviction notice served by Delta Force
Johannesburg not only hosted a successful G20 Leaders’ Summit, the first to take place on African soil, but also delivered an impressive and memorable global event.
Kleinfontein is just one of about 17 other illegally established housing developments in Tshwane
Reuben Brigety’s resignation comes amid uncertainty over trade relations under the incoming US administration
China has raised ‘serious concerns’ over Washington’s trade curbs on Chinese businesses
Minister in the presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni suggested the government could demarche the Polish ambassador for diplomatic offence
South African journalists and President Cyril Ramaphosa’s security were stuck in Poland despite the president having earlier met Poland’s leader
Julian Assange is our Antigone. He is awaiting extradition to the US for spying for the people, making public a small part of the obscene dark side of US policy
The Biden administration woos the continent’s leaders at summit but believes it is futile to try to turn the tide on China’s massive infrastructure spending
Washington fears that Huawei will provide Beijing with a way to spy on communications from the countries that use its products and services
Trump stepped back from launching US airstrikes inside Iran, but the conflict is unabated and there appears to be no way out of confrontation for now
In Singapore, Kim signed a vaguely-worded deal on denuclearisation, touted by Trump as a historic breakthrough
Venezuela will prosecute seven lawmakers who backed last week’s failed uprising orchestrated by opposition leader Juan Guaido
The much-anticipated second meeting between the two leaders was supposed to build on their historic first summit in Singapore
Iran’s president on Monday blasted a US "conspiracy" against the country as vast crowds marked 40 years since the Islamic revolution
Eighteen months into his investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller has the US capital spellbound
Students in over 800 cities and towns are calling for tougher gun control laws in the United States, demanding an end to gun violence
Donald Trump has vowed to exit the Paris Climate accord, just not yet, leaving US policy in limbo for the next three years.
President Vladimir Putin announced Sunday that the US will have to slash its diplomatic staff in Russia by 755
Reinvigorated after a spell of the "diplomacy of ubuntu", our man in Washington is coming home.
From January 1, cannabis growers can legally trade marijuana in parts of the United States. The legalisation of pot is expected to boost US tourism.
After freezing financial aid to Kigali, Washington has indicted it is ready to lift sanctions against Rwanda if it severs ties with rebel group M23.
Aaron Alexis’s mother has said sorry to the victims caught up in the shooting spree by the former navy reservist.
Bashar al-Assad has denied that his forces used chemical weapons on civilians, warning the US that a military intervention in Syria would fail.