The latest discussions between Egypt and the United Arab Emirates on expanding natural gas production in the Nile Delta represent more than another investment agreement in the energy sector. They illustrate a broader transformation underway across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), where energy security, technological capability and regional
South Africa does not have an asylum crisis. It has an accountability crisis, it is one dressed up in the language of migration management for so long that few people bother to question the framing anymore. The numbers from the Department of Home Affairs this week are staggering: 55,190 recognised
South Africa does not have an asylum crisis. It has an accountability crisis, it is one dressed up in the language of migration management for so long that few people bother to question the framing anymore. The numbers from the Department of Home Affairs this week are staggering: 55,190 recognised
South Africa’s contraceptive shortage is not a supply chain accident. It is the predictable outcome of a structural vulnerability that civil society has been flagging for years, and a governance failure that deserves far more scrutiny than it is currently receiving. Since early 2026, women across the country have struggled
South Africa’s contraceptive shortage is not a supply chain accident. It is the predictable outcome of a structural vulnerability that civil society has been flagging for years, and a governance failure that deserves far more scrutiny than it is currently receiving. Since early 2026, women across the country have struggled
Three years ago, Samsung became the cautionary tale every corporate IT department cited when explaining why employees couldn’t use ChatGPT. In March 2023, engineers at the South Korean tech giant uploaded proprietary source code and confidential meeting notes into the public version of the chatbot. The data left Samsung’s perimeter
Three years ago, Samsung became the cautionary tale every corporate IT department cited when explaining why employees couldn’t use ChatGPT. In March 2023, engineers at the South Korean tech giant uploaded proprietary source code and confidential meeting notes into the public version of the chatbot. The data left Samsung’s perimeter
Five days from now, South Africa faces a moment of reckoning, not because the government has declared a crisis, but precisely because it insists it hasn’t. The planned demonstrations of 30 June, anchored in the anti-immigration movement March and March’s ultimatum for undocumented foreigners to leave the country, have triggered
Africa’s leaders are increasingly united around a simple but transformative idea: the continent can no longer afford to remain merely a supplier of raw materials to the rest of the world. At the 5th African Natural Resources and Energy Investment Summit (AFNIS 2026) in Abuja, policymakers, investors and industry leaders
Speaking at a foreign policy forum in Moscow, the Kremlin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the global security system was “eroding.” Russia’s claim that nuclear weapons remain the only real barrier against global war is designed to sound blunt, even pragmatic. In one sense, it reflects an old strategic truth: