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When the country takes over the presidency from Brazil in 2025, it should focus on reforming the global financial architecture
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar cites policy differences, well as cost and efficiency, as stumbling blocks.
Brazilian artist’s first solo exhibition in Africa invites viewers to slow down and reflect
In trying to provide an alternative to the ANC, the new political grouping has fallen into old traps
The country’s case at the World Court exposes Israel’s apartheid actions of creeping dispossession of land, segregation and discrimination, as well as military actions to destroy Palestinians and slow deaths through starvation
The choice to adopt austerity is not about protecting the state against capture — nor is it about realising untapped growth
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi says that he believes his country should share expertise and knowledge with the Africa continent in defence manufacturing, research and development
The bloc’s countries are some of the worst polluters, so they need to take climate seriously
In a wide ranging interview with the Mail & Guardian, the Indian prime minister placed great importance on Africa’s position in geopolitics
Important questions remain but there is no doubting the effect of these new allegiances
The ANC leader said a recently agreed multi-party coalition was made up of ‘apartheid’ and ‘bantustan’ parties with an ‘evil intent’
The rapidly growing economy is commanding more and more influence
Chile and Brazil are leading the pack with their recent interest rate cuts but South Africa is on its own timeline
A forum held this week, ahead of the next month’s Brics summit, focused on the development of partnerships to build resilient cities
What does the former president’s ineligibility for re-election mean for the country?
A bigger alliance will give the group extra economic heft, but it remains to be seen whether its members can speak in one voice
In the real world, diplomacy is driven by economic interests
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has said the United States should not support a war and rather promote peace
The architecture of the global financial system hurts emerging market economies but the alliance has yet to offer an alternative
Newly inaugurated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva condemned the invasions as a “fascist” attack
Hundreds of supporters of Brazil’s far-right ex-president Jair Bolsonaro broke through police barricades and stormed into Congress, the presidential palace and the Supreme Court on Sunday
A funeral procession will be held on Tuesday through Santos and past the house of Pele’s mother, 100-year-old Celeste Arantes
After the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Fifa set up a human rights panel with the intention of stopping abuse and exploitation
But backing the president is a useless strategy if the left can’t pull together, be open new ideas and find a way to get in tune with the majority
The World Cup can trigger intense emotions in a way that no other sporting mega-event can
A few upsets and some Messi magic aside, the showcase has struggled to dazzle
With the exception of one or two hidings, games at this World Cup have been much closer than expected
The first round of games are done. Who stood out, who flopped and what to watch out for
Recent and past successes of the Workers’ Party in Brazil shows that self-emancipation of the oppressed is possible
In a speech that lasted just over two minutes, the far-right incumbent neither acknowledged defeat, nor congratulated Lula on his victory