International News
South Africa courts UK investors to fund infrastructure plans 
By: Bloomberg 1st October 2024 South Africa’s infrastructure development agency has restructured its pipeline of planned projects to make them more attractive to the private... →
Israeli troops move into Lebanon, extending fight with Hezbollah
By: Bloomberg 1st October 2024 Israel sent soldiers into southern Lebanon, escalating its weeks-long campaign to degrade the Hezbollah militant group, and raising the risks of a... →
Angola's Isabel dos Santos loses appeal against freezing order over assets
By: Reuters 30th September 2024 Angolan billionaire Isabel dos Santos on Monday lost an appeal to overturn an order freezing up to £580-million of her assets as part a lawsuit at... →
Focus on coal miners, power grid as South Africa spends just sixth of climate aid
By: Reuters 26th September 2024 South Africa's donor-funded climate programme has spent just over a sixth of its allotted $11.6-billion, with a focus on expanding the power grid... →
China bond market opening offers no panacea to debt-laden African states
By: Reuters 25th September 2024 Plans by African governments to raise money on China's domestic debt markets via so-called panda bonds could be undone by their heavy debt loads... →
Biden to travel to Germany, Angola next month
By: Reuters 25th September 2024 US President Joe Biden will travel to Germany and Angola October 10-15, the White House said on Tuesday, in what will be his first visit to Africa... →
Combatting resurgence of Somali pirate activity requires holistic approach, expert says
By: Darren Parker 23rd September 2024 Maritime piracy along the Somali coast is seeing something of a resurgence in 2024 because the root causes on land have gone largely unaddressed... →
Tanzania arrests opposition leaders to thwart protest
By: Reuters 23rd September 2024 Tanzanian police arrested two opposition leaders again on Monday, their party and police said, to stop anti-government protests in the commercial... →
