Freedom of speech: Scotland could derail Europe’s drive to stop rich people silencing journalists: Investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb on October 16 2017, near her home in northern Malta. For years she had been reporting on a web of corruption and money laundering on the Mediterranean islands, involving places …
Zimbabwe’s budget plans open door for growth. But only if high interest rates don’t derail them: A food vendor in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The rise in food prices has begun to ease in the country. Photo by Zinyange Auntony/AFP via Getty Images When Zimbabwe’s finance minister Mthuli Ncube presented the national budget for 2023 to Parliament …
Election violence in Nigeria’s south east is threatening to derail voting in the region: Armed policemen patrol ahead of the last governorship election in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Violence is a perennial feature of elections in Nigeria. It happens across the three stages of the electoral cycle – before, …
The tactics Tory rebels could use to derail Boris Johnson: Boris Johnson is keen to move on from the confidence vote that, while showing a victory on paper for him, reveals an extremely divided Conservative Party. Choppy waters lie ahead for the prime minister and his government, whose ambitious legislative agenda is now threatened by …
Ukraine: how the Russian invasion could derail the fragile world economy: The invasion of Ukraine comes at a delicate time for the world economy, which was just beginning to recover from the ravages of COVID. Russia’s war could now have far-reaching economic consequences, as financial markets tumble and the price of oil soars. A worrying …
South Africa in the news: Could the Indian variant derail our exit plan? Your vital questions answered on new Covid mutant: What’s going on? Cases of a coronavirus variant first detected in India are rising in the UK, potentially threatening the lockdown-easing roadmap.: “South Africa” – BingNews Scots seek revenge in November rugby test against …
India COVID crisis: four reasons it will derail the world economy: India is the fifth largest economy in the world. Deepak Choudhary/Unsplash The second wave of the pandemic has struck India with a devastating impact. With over 300,000 new cases and 3,000 deaths across the country each day at present, the total number of deaths …
Ghana’s new mobile money rule could derail financial inclusion. But there are answers: Ghana is in the throes of a mobile money boom Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Mobile money — a technology that enables financial transactions through mobile phones without a bank account — is driving financial inclusion, especially in developing countries. It gives more …
How informal institutions derail gender equality in Ghana and South Africa: Members of Ghana's parliament during a break from electing a new leader of parliament. Only 14% of parliamentarians are women. Nipah Dennis/AFP via Getty Images Only a quarter of parliamentary seats across the world are occupied by women. In Africa, this figure masks a …
Bitcoin: why a wave of huge companies like Tesla rushing to invest could derail the stock market: After Tesla announced it has invested US$ 1.5 billion in bitcoin and expects to start accepting the cryptocurrency as a payment for its electric vehicles in the near future, the bitcoin price went soaring. It went from around …
South Africa in the news: England’s Root says COVID cases would not derail Sri Lanka tour: England captain Joe Root is confident any positive COVID-19 tests in the squad would not force the cancellation of their two-test tour of Sri Lanka this month, but said his side would have to keep a …: “South Africa” …
Coping with COVID-19 need not derail progress against rabies: The canine vaccine is inexpensive and prevents transmission to people. Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images Before the emergence of the newest animal-borne disease, COVID-19, the world was in the last mile of eliminating one of the oldest animal-borne diseases – rabies. For around 4,000 years, humanity has been …
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South Africa in the news: Regional power split threatens to derail Zuma’s succession vote: The top leadership of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress starts meeting on Friday in a bid to heal a bitter split in the key region of KwaZulu-Natal that could derail its plans to elect a successor to President Jacob Zuma …