Economy & Business
Sri Lanka’s president warns of racial tension amid economic crisis
Sri Lanka’s president urged citizens on Wednesday to reject what he called attempts to foment racial and religious disharmony, as ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...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 ...