Egypt has once again cemented its position as Africa’s leading destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), maintaining the top spot on the continent for a fourth consecutive year. According to the country’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Mohamed Farid Saleh, Egypt attracted US$15.5 billion in FDI inflows, underscoring growing
Brazil’s ruling Workers’ Party (PT) on Sunday officially nominated incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as its candidate for the upcoming presidential election as he seeks a fourth term in office. At the party’s national convention in Sao Paulo, delegates formally approved the ticket pairing Lula with incumbent Vice
For twenty-five years, Narendra Modi’s political identity has rested on a single, carefully cultivated idea: he does not back down. From his rise as Gujarat’s chief minister in 2001 through three terms as prime minister, the entire " brand Modi" was built on the projected strength of a leader who
No nation sails alone. Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President, put it plainly that all countries in the world are aboard the same ship that has a shared destiny. To sail through storms and head toward a bright future, we must
Every party that governs for a long time eventually faces the same quiet question: not how it will overcome its rivals, but how it will keep faith with itself. It is a question familiar to any liberation movement that has carried the weight of governing long after the struggle. Many
If you want to see what BRICS expansion actually produces in practice, look at a $76 million milk powder deal between Belarus and Indonesia, two countries that, eighteen months ago, had barely any trade relationship to speak of. Belarus has signed contracts to supply 20,000 tonnes of milk powder to
Late last month in Dalian, at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the New Champions, Premier Li Qiang used a phrase that has been circulating in policy circles ever since: China opportunity 2.0. He was pushing back against a more pessimistic label some Western commentators have started using, (China
Jakarta played host this week to a meeting that could reshape how people and cargo move between Southeast Asia and the Gulf. Indonesia’s Transportation Minister, Dudy Purwagandhi, sat down with his Saudi counterpart, Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, on Monday, and the two walked away
Jakarta played host this week to a meeting that could reshape how people and cargo move between Southeast Asia and the Gulf. Indonesia’s Transportation Minister, Dudy Purwagandhi, sat down with his Saudi counterpart, Saleh bin Nasser Al-Jasser, Minister of Transport and Logistics Services, on Monday, and the two walked away
A crisis, not a prejudice There is a meaningful distinction between opposing illegal immigration and opposing Africans. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation drew that line explicitly, insisting South Africans are not, by disposition, xenophobic, while acknowledging that undocumented migration places real pressure on the labour market and public