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MALAWI

Malawi’s gold reserve strategy reversed amid forex difficulties

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) sold approximately 590kg of artisanal gold in 2026 to secure funds for fuel imports, despite previous commitments to retain it as a strategic…

  • Collins Mtika
6 min read
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
ASIA

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

  • Dan Steinbock
6 min read
South Africa’s economy expanded by 0.8% during the second quarter of 2025, following a marginal increase of 0.1% during the first quarter.
ABSA

Competition Competition has no evidence of rand manipulation, banks say

The commission says the case highlights the difficulty of prosecuting global and domestic cartels that exploit legal loopholes to delay proceedings

  • Nkateko Joseph Mabasa
4 min read
Transport costs are now prohibitively expensive for Khartoum residents with the partial lifting of the subsidy, while the fuel shortages continue. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA/AFP)
AMAL ABDULLAH

Sudan’s government gambles over fuel-subsidy cuts — and people pay the price

Economists question the manner in which the transitional government partially cut fuel subsidies

  • Ayin Network
6 min read