India is moving swiftly to strengthen its space-based intelligence and monitoring capabilities after weaknesses were exposed during last year’s border confrontation with Pakistan, according to individuals familiar with the matter. New Delhi is preparing to deploy more than 50 dedicated surveillance satellites in the near term, with plans ultimately extending
Brazil enters 2026 facing a complex political moment marked by electoral uncertainty, deep polarisation, and an increasingly assertive judiciary. Recent polling confirms that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva remains the frontrunner in the presidential contest, yet narrowing margins against right-wing challengers highlight a volatile landscape. At the same time,
South Africa has launched a formal inquiry into allegations that President Cyril Ramaphosa’s instructions regarding Iran’s participation in a multinational naval exercise were misrepresented or ignored, following conflicting reports about Tehran’s role in the drills. In a media statement issued on Friday, Defence and Military Veterans Minister Angie Motshekga said
For decades, United States power projection operated largely in the shadows. Regime change, political interference and economic pressure were often denied, outsourced or obscured behind the language of democracy promotion and national security. What is unfolding today, particularly under Donald J. Trump’s renewed influence on global politics, marks a decisive
Africa’s digital economy is growing at an extraordinary pace, with cryptocurrency adoption outshining that of most regions globally. According to data by Chainalysis, Sub-Saharan Africa is consistently ranking among the fastest-growing crypto markets, driven by remittances, inflation hedging, and financial inclusion gaps. Yet this growth has been mirrored by rising
Lucid Group’s transition from vehicle assembly to full-scale manufacturing in Saudi Arabia marks more than a production milestone for an electric vehicle (EV) startup. It reflects a deeper shift in how the Kingdom is using sovereign capital to reposition itself within global industrial value chains. Since acquiring a majority stake
Global oil prices fell sharply as geopolitical fears surrounding Iran temporarily subsided, while fresh supply-side data from the United States, Venezuela and the Middle East reinforced expectations of a more balanced, and potentially oversupplied, market in the near term. Crude benchmarks dropped by more than 3% after US President Donald
China and the European Union have taken a significant step towards resolving their dispute over electric vehicle (EV) exports, signalling a pragmatic turn in bilateral trade relations at a time of heightened global economic uncertainty. Both sides have agreed on a framework to address concerns through price undertakings, a mechanism
This decline is not just an arithmetic artefact of faster growth in other emerging markets; it is reflective of deep structural weaknesses in South Africa’s economy. The country has once dominated Africa’s economic landscape, contributing close to 28 % of the continent’s GDP in 1994, a share now that is
South Africa has firmly defended its participation in week-long joint naval exercises with fellow BRICS and BRICS Plus partners, arguing that the drills are a necessary response to mounting instability in global maritime spaces rather than a provocation aimed at the West. The exercises, titled “Will for Peace 2026”, began
