Economy & Business
Ukraine war fuels food crisis in distant Africa
Zimbabwean security guard Edwin Dapi was already struggling to provide for his wife and four children before a conflict 11,000 km (6,800 ...Global scramble for metals thrusts Africa into mining spotlight
The need to secure new sources of metals for the energy transition amid sanctions on top producer Russia has increased the Africa ...Nigerian airlines to halt operations over rising jet fuel costs
Nigerian airlines will stop operations from Monday until further notice due to the high cost of jet fuel, the Airline Operators of ...Peru keeps emergency decree in place for now in conflict over mine
Peru pledged to review conditions around a major cooper mine but said it will not lift by Friday an emergency declaration temporarily ...Peruvian mine protesters reject talks until emergency order lifted
Peruvian indigenous communities occupying a key copper mine will agree to talks with officials and company representatives only if the government lifts ...Gazprom says supplies to Poland and Bulgaria halted
Russian energy giant Gazprom (GAZP.MM) said on Wednesday it had halted gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland for failing to pay for gas in ...Musk gets Twitter for $44 billion, to cheers and fears of ‘free speech’ plan
Elon Musk clinched a deal to buy Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) for $44 billion cash on Monday in a transaction that will shift control of ...First COVID, now floods empty South Africa’s eastern beach resorts
After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic keeping tourists away, South African resorts along the popular eastern Indian Ocean coastline were hoping ...South Africa releases emergency funds for deadly floods on east coast
South African authorities were releasing emergency funds on Friday to help tens of thousands of people left without shelter, water and electricity ...Hunger in Africa surges due to conflict, climate and food prices
Conflict, climate change and rising food and fuel prices are pushing about a quarter of Africans towards hunger, the International Committee of ...














