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EFF Rejects AGOA Extension as Business Warns of Job Losses
Cross-border payments provider Verto has welcomed the decision by the United States House of Representatives…
Ramaphosa in Urgent Call with Trump as US Tariff Threat Looms Over SA
President Cyril Ramaphosa has engaged in a critical phone call with United States President Donald…
Trump’s Protectionism Can Drive China and Africa Closer
President Donald Trump has long harboured trade and tariff concerns. Almost four decades ago, Trump…
Trump’s return to the White House spells trouble for Africa
During his second White House term, Trump’s governing style remains characteristically assertive, launching a full-scale offensive from day one.…
The Expulsion of Ambassador Rasool, Financial Backing from the EU, and the Unexpected yet Calculated invitation to Zelensky Signal that South Africa is Reshaping its international Posture
In a bold display of independence that is rattling traditional diplomatic circles, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has signaled a clear break with the United States, a move that has not only shocked Washington but also redefined the nation’s foreign policy. This weekend, Washington expelled Ambassador Ebrahim Rasool, giving him just 72 hours to leave the country, according to BBC reports. While Washington’s abrupt action might have been intended to assert American influence, it instead exposed the widening gulf between…
Nowhereism and Zelensky’s Hefty Bill: What Does Trump’s User-Pay Diplomatic and Development Cooperation Mean for Africa?
Most analysts tend to focus on events like AfriForum and Solidarity lobbying for US intervention or Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky’s ill-fated visit to Washington. However, an ugly and unprecedented confrontation in the Oval Office hammered home how a transactional approach to diplomacy, providing aid and cooperation only if the recipient pays, could impact the United States’ economic and geopolitical relations with other countries and regions under Trump. This transactional philosophy threatens to upend decades of US engagement with Africa, Europe…
Mashatile: SA Won’t Abandon the Palestinian Cause and Ignore ICC Arrest Warrant Against Netanyahu to Appease US
South Africa’s Deputy President Paul Mashatile, who has recently shared one of his notable foreign policy perspectives, says his country would not abandon the Palestinian cause and ignore the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to appease the US. Mashatile, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s deputy in the country’s governing African National Congress (ANC), insists that the US understands that while Pretoria is one of Washington’s biggest trading partners, the two will not agree on everything.…
BRICS: Why Africa Must Look East And Resist Imperialist US Diplomacy By Threat
The upcoming BRICS Summit in Johannesburg next month is important for South Africa, the African continent and the global south. The gathering of the world’s major developing countries is expected to discuss a common currency and admit or agree on criteria to admit new members. Countries which have either applied or lined up to join the global South economic alliance include regional powers such as Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Argentina, Iran, the United Arab Emirates, Nigeria, Pakistan, Mexico, Algeria and Senegal. Formed…