Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the 14th BRICS Summit via video link in Beijing. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the summit.
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Geopolitics is forcing BRICS countries to balance respect for international law, self-determination, sovereignty and peaceful resolution of disputes with their friendly relations with Russia.
Protestors take to the streets in Johannesburg, South Africa against extended power cuts.
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South Africa could end power blackouts if it implemented a plan to balance renewable energy capacity, time-of-use tariffs and ended the power utility’s monopoly.
Activists protest outside the Ugandan Embassy in Washington DC on April 25, 2023.
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The Ugandan law is one of a spate of laws across Africa that are said to protect the heterosexual African family.
From left; Prime Minister of Cote d'Ivoire Patrick Achi, President of Togo Faure Gnassingbe, President of Benin Patrice Talon, and President of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo.
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Fire risk communication strategies must not only be supported by formal institutions such as government agencies but also be rooted in and sensitive to each market’s socio-cultural dynamics.
Allegations of flouting international arms control rules, let alone being party to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, place the South African defence industry in a precarious position globally.
Abdellah Taïa in Tangier, Morocco, in 2010.
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His books bring north Africa into conversation with sub-Saharan Africa about lived queer experiences.
Inclusive education is about far more than accommodating learners with disabilities, but teachers don’t seem to know this.
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Energy firms are likely to lie about their corporate social responsibility to the environment. Their deception can be turned around for good if they are held accountable.
Trostyanets, site of fierce battle and Russian occupation in Ukrainein March 2022.
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If the African delegation could convince the belligerents to find a peaceful solution, they will make a critical contribution to the climate for mediation.
Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir (left) and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo tour Darfur in 2017.
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