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“By Sola Adegbesan In a Cabinet statement earlier this year, the government reported that South Africa’s trade under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA)’s preferential terms had reached R2.6 billion between January 2024 and February 2026, spanning products from mining equipment and electrical machinery to food, clothing and plastics. It is still a modest...”

11.09.2026, SOUTH AFRICA: OPINION| Why is a self-sufficient continent so dependent on others?
South Africa
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“Uriel Araujo, Anthropology PhD, is a social scientist specializing in ethnic and religious conflicts, with extensive research on geopolitical dynamics and cultural interactions. The European Union’s sanctions machinery against Russia is once again facing its structural limits. In recent days, Belgium and Slovakia have blocked or delayed key measures concerning the potential use of immobilized Russian assets...”

4.09.2026, RUSSIA: Limits of EU sanctions: Ukraine’s wartime consensus under pressure in Europe.
Russia
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“Addis Ababa, September 7, 2026 (ENA)— Ethiopia’s Medemer State is more self-conscious and determined about the country’s future than previous governments, with a clearer understanding of the direction it wants to take the nation, Education Minister Prof. Berhanu Nega said. Speaking to ENA, the minister said the changes Ethiopia has experienced over the past seven...”

7.09.2026, ETHIOPIA: Medemer State More Self-Conscious in Taking Ethiopia Forward: Prof. Berhanu Nega.
Ethiopia
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“Addis Ababa, September 4, 2026 (ENA)—The United Nations General Assembly has endorsed a resolution supporting the transition from the centuries-old Mercator projection to more accurate equal-area world maps, including the 2018 Equal Earth projection. The resolution was backed by 164 countries, with the United States voting against and six countries abstaining. Togo introduced the resolution...”

4.09.2026, UN Votes to Adopt New World Map That Shows Africa’s True Size.
Ethiopia
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“ALGER – supervisory authority, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, stated on Tuesday that non-alignment is a renewed sovereign choice, imposed by the profound changes in the world, stressing that the principle of sovereignty is indivisible and that the application of international law cannot be selective. In an address to the High-level Meeting commemorating the 65th anniversary of...”

ALGERIA: Non-alignment, a renewed sovereign choice imposed by the profound changes the world is undergoing.
Algeria
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“The absence of evidence of terrorism financing or proliferation financing does not mean that the risks do not exist, Ministry of Trade and Entrepreneurship Permanent Secretary, Mr Joel Ramaphoi, has warned. Speaking during the launch of the Sectoral Risk Assessment Report for Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) by the Financial Intelligence Agency (FIA) in Gaborone on...”

Official Warns Of Terrorism Financing.
Botswana
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“Alberto Massango  Durban, 17 Aug (AIM) – The professor and political analyst Sipho Seepe argues that South African President Cyril Ramaphosa’s “conciliatory posture” exposes the country’s declining geopolitical influence among the 16 member-states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). The analyst’s remarks follow President Ramaphosa’s apology— delivered during a lecture at the University of...”

Conciliatory posture exposes decline in South Africa’s geopolitical influence
South Africa
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