South-South collaborative opportunities took centre stage during a recent visit by 25 vice-chancellors from the Brazilian Association of Rectors of State and Municipal Universities (ABRUEM) to the University of Cape Town (UCT). A recent visit by several Brazilian universities, under the auspices of ABRUEM, highlighted the history of collaborative efforts that UCT has maintained with […]
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Harare — Experts have called for a Congo Basin Climate Science Initiative to deploy the scientific underpinning of a forest protection plan. Attending a webinar ahead of the One Forest Summit, they outlined the importance of Congo Basin forests. French President Emmanuel Macron and Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba will co-host the One Forest Summit […]
On August 24, 2023, the 15th BRICS Summit was successfully concluded in Johannesburg, South Africa, adopting the Johannesburg II Declaration. Sixty-seven (67) leaders from Africa and the Global South countries were invited. The Historical Expansion From January 1, 2024, Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will become full members of […]
Santiago — The global food security crisis reveals an increase in the undernourishment prevalence, reaching higher than in 2015, when countries first agreed to eradicate hunger by 2030 as one of the SDG targets. In the Caribbean, between 2014 and 2021, hunger increased by 2.3 percentage points, affecting 16.4 percent of its population by 2021. […]
Harare — The National Basketball Association (NBA) in the United States, which has hundreds of players from across the globe – including Africa – is without a doubt the greatest level of professional basketball. The continent’s impact on the NBA is undeniable, with many of today’s stars having African roots. Legendary basketball players with African […]
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Namibia: Brics to Build Bigger Bloc
India’s foreign affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has refused to be dragged into a discussion around the arrest warrant hovering over Russian president Vladimir Putin’s head. The outspoken diplomat, who was in Namibia on a state visit last week, in an interview spoke on a buffet of issues, ranging from India-Namibia ties, geopolitics and the BRICS […]
Eager to escape perceived western domination, several countries – mostly in the global south – are looking to join the Brics bloc. The five-country bloc (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is also looking to grow its global partnerships. What began in 2001 as an acronym for four of the fastest growing states, BRIC […]
Johannesburg delivered a level of drama befitting of the occasion. But beyond the shared desire for reformed global economic governance, it’s unclear how the expanded group will benefit South African citizens. South Africa’s Police Minister, Bheki Cele, compared hosting BRICS to the World Cup in 2010 – perhaps the last time the country felt like […]
While the plans to expand BRICS have caused a lot of excitement amongst African leaders, questions on how the economic bloc will manage tensions among its members persist. Analysts have described the just-announced BRICS bloc expansion as a significant shift in the geopolitical landscape. The group unveiled its Johannesburg Declaration II on Thursday, August 24, […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm at the “rapidly deteriorating security situation” in Haiti and called for more funding for the planned international police mission, to be lead by Kenya. Haiti’s capital was largely shut down Monday with residents only venturing out for essentials, reporters witnessed, as authorities imposed a state of emergency and […]
Beirut, Lebanon — Marking International Women’s Day as a mere day of celebration is to strip it of its true meaning, a stab in the back of the generations of feminists who fought to make it a cornerstone for gender justice. This day is a call to action, a collective demand for substantive change. It […]