As Wagner's putsch led by mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin unfolded in Russia on 23-24 June, many in Africa saw strong parallels with the bid for power launched by General Mohame...

After two years of debate, the European Parliament has passed a carbon pricing mechanism which will apply to all countries trading with member states of the European Union (EU). It...

Global leaders may publicly agree that an overhaul of the international financial system is overdue but don't expect a breakthrough at the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact to...

Officials in Kyiv concede that, prior to Russia's invasion, their diplomatic outreach in Africa and the Global South had been very limited. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky a...

Grand talk about remaking the international system and a second edition of Bretton Woods meeting, which founded the IMF and the World Bank in 1944, has yielded little but promises ...

African states have felt the pain of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in the form of shortages and higher prices for wheat, grain and agricultural inputs, and above all energy prices. ...

Britain's colonial past cast an awkward shadow over the Coronation of King Charles III of England on 6 May despite his efforts to deliver an inclusive multi-faith and multi-racial ...

When the UN General Assembly met to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February last year the reluctance of Africa's representatives to condemn Moscow surprised many. Twent...