SOUTH African billionaire and businessman Douw Steyn, who founded the BGL Insurance Group and was a good friend of late South African statesman Nelson Mandela, has died. He was aged 72. Steyn, known for his global success in the…
U.S. military plane carrying 104 illegal Indian immigrants on Wednesday landed at an airport in the northern Indian city of Amritsar, officials said. This is the first batch of Indians deported from the U.S. as part of President Donald Trump’s…
BURKINA Faso has officially introduced the AES passport, marking a major milestone in the country’s new regional alliance with Mali and Niger. In a historic moment, Captain Ibrahim Traoré became the first recipient of the document, just days after the…
SOUTH African President Cyril Ramaphosa spoke with tech billionaire Elon Musk regarding misinformation about South Africa, the presidency confirmed on Tuesday. This discussion follows US President Donald Trump’s recent threat to suspend aid to South Africa over its land reform policy. Trump…
BURKINA Faso has taken a significant step towards sustainable mobility with the launch of ITAOUA, the country’s first homegrown electric vehicle (EV). This innovation marks Burkina Faso’s entry into the growing African EV market, positioning the nation as a key…
IMPACT Africa Consulting Limited, Africa’s leading Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) training provider and the world’s fourth-ranked GRI trainer in 2024, has announced a major initiative to make sustainability certification more affordable. As part of this initiative, the internationally recognised GRI…
THE 8th African Writers Conference (AWC), one of the continent’s most prestigious literary gatherings, will be held in Maseru, Lesotho, from October 27 to November 2, 2025. Organised by the African Writers Development Trust (AWDT) in partnership with Writers Space…
BELGIUM has a new prime minister whose political purpose was long to break up the nation, gut the state structures and give ever more autonomy to his northern Flanders at the cost of everyone else. Bart De Wever took…
INDIA has paid USD 37.64 million dollars to the United Nations Regular Budget for 2025, joining the “honour roll” of 35 member states who have paid their regular budget assessments in full and on time to the UN. …
THE ongoing trade war between the United States and China is expected to create significant opportunities for Indian exporters. As tensions rise between the two economic giants, India is poised to benefit from the disruption of trade flows. Sources…
