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UK extends $1bn climate-pact guarantee to South Africa

By: Bloomberg     22nd January 2026 The UK and the African Development Bank extended a climate-linked $1-billion debt guarantee to South Africa, saving a $400-million municipal... 

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UN calls for reset as world enters era of global water bankruptcy

By: Natasha Odendaal     21st January 2026 The world has entered an era of global water bankruptcy, as many societies have overspent their yearly renewable water ‘income’ from rivers, soils... 

Bill Gates

Gates and OpenAI team up for AI health push in African countries

By: Reuters     21st January 2026 The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are setting up a $50-million partnership to help African countries use artificial intelligence to improve their... 

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UK-South Africa celebrate five years of development-focused free trade pact

By: Schalk Burger     20th January 2026 The South Africa-UK development-focused free trade Economic Partnership Agreement, now in its fifth year and designed to harness the power of trade... 

US President Donald Trump

Egypt's Sisi to meet Trump on the sidelines of Davos, presidency says

By: Reuters     20th January 2026 Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will meet US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Egypt's... 

Greenland

Global stocks take hit from tariff threats; gold gets safety bid

By: Reuters     19th January 2026 Global stocks slid and the dollar eased against the safe-haven yen and Swiss franc on Monday after US President Donald Trump threatened to slap... 

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China plants another Africa marker in campaign to globalise yuan

By: Bloomberg     19th January 2026 Zambia is the first African country to let Chinese mining companies pay taxes in yuan. It probably won’t be the last, as Beijing seeks to... 

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Trump offers to mediate Egypt-Ethiopia dispute on Nile River waters

By: Reuters     19th January 2026 US President Donald Trump offered on Friday to mediate a dispute over Nile River waters between Egypt and Ethiopia. "I am ready to restart US... 

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