The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
There is an increasing shift towards globalisation not only of the world economies but also of the world's legal systems. Broadening of locus standi in South Africa has deconstructed the fears that informed the conservative common law approach to the issue of locus standi or standing, with its roots in …
Picking up from the outcome of the Copehagen talks last year, which left most countries bruised or confused, climate talks are set to kickstart this year again, with the first formal negotiations beginning on June 1 in Bonn, Germany. The atmosphere in Bonn, however, will be decidedly colder, as some …
EMMA GRAHAM-HARRISON and LANGI CHIANG BEIJING A senior Chinese climate official said that negotiators aim to seal a binding global pact on warming by the end of 2011, a blow to any lingering hopes the world could reach a deal at talks this year in Mexico A senior Chinese climate …
the World Bank has approved a loan of US $3.75 billion for a coal-fired power plant in South Africa’s Limpopo district. The loan for the Medupi power plant with 4,800 MW capacity was approved during the bank’s board meeting on April 8 though many member countries including the United States, …
In 2006 seven foreign ministers from Brazil, France, Indonesia, Norway, Senegal, South Africa, and Thailand initiated a dialogue on the inter-linkages between health and foreign policy, with a focus on how health matters to foreign policy and whether foreign policy can make a difference to health. What brought the ministers …
The Copenhagen Climate Conference and its Copenhagen Accord have generally been regarded by the press as a failure. I think this is a very unfortunate mischaracterization. The conference was a failure only in not achieving binding commitments to reduce global greenhouse gas emission levels sufficient to meet the requirements identified …
In every country, rich or poor, the story is the same. There are not enough nurses. The developed world fills its vacancies by enticing nurses from other countries, while developing countries are unable to compete with better pay, better professional development and the lure of excitement offered elsewhere.
In December 2009, an important United Nations climate change conference (COP15) took place in Copenhagen, Denmark. This conference resulted in the Copenhagen Accord, which forms the basis for further negotiations in Cancun, Mexico, later this year. As part of the Copenhagen Accord, industrialised countries have submitted greenhouse gas emission reduction …
A DATE WITH THE CHEETAH: Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh visits the Cheetah Outreach Centre near Cape Town, South Africa. NEW DELHI: African cheetahs could be brought to India within the next three years, says Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh. He has just …
Indian investment company JSW has beaten two South African bidders to acquire a majority stake in South African Coal Mining Holdings (SACMH) at a price of 85.4 million rand (about Rs 51.16 crore). JSW upped its earlier offer of 25 cents per share to 30 cents to clinch the deal, …
Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Energy today said it had acquired a majority stake in South Africa-based Coal Mining Holding Ltd for an undisclosed amount. In a filing to the stock exchanges, JSW Energy said it had acquired a 49.80 per cent stake in Royal Bafokeng Capital, a majority shareholder in the …
Joins Accord With Riders To Facilitate Talks; China Expected To Follow Suit New Delhi: After three months of confabulation within the government, India on Tuesday allowed a conditional association of its name with the Copenhagen Accord. The accord, which had been negotiated by 29 countries including India at the Danish …
