/ Go to the mediabankWheat harvest in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region / Go to the mediabankInternationalIndiaAfricaKiev’s representatives in Istanbul are sabotaging the grain deal, leading to the share of poorer countries receiving Ukrainian food to be reduced to a minimum, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Meanwhile, Eastern and Central European states have banned Ukrainian food imports […]
Workers drive past a sign of the Sibanye-Stillwater Driefontein gold mine near Carletonville, near Johannesburg, on May 5, 2018InternationalIndiaAfricaIn October, Sibanye-Stillwater, a South African mining corporation, obtained control over Keliber, a Finnish battery chemicals producer, by acquiring around 55% of its shares, raising Sibanye’s total shareholding to 85%.On Monday, Sibanye announced that its board had […]
Russian military frigate ‘Admiral Gorshkov’ docked in the harbor of Cape Town on February 13, 2023, ahead of 10-day joint maritime drills being staged alongside South Africa and China.InternationalIndiaAfricaManaging EditorThe Russian Navy is represented by the “Admiral Gorshkov” frigate carrying hypersonic Zircon missiles and the medium sea tanker “Kama.” The Chinese Navy is represented by […]
BasketballInternationalIndiaAfricaMuhammad Nooh OsmanWriter/EditorIn 2019, in a joint effort between the National Basketball Association (NBA) and International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the Basketball Africa League (BAL) was founded to replace the Africa Basketball League as the continent’s premier men’s basketball league. The inaugural season of the annual competition took place in May 2021.Amadou Gallo Fall, President of […]
/ Go to the mediabankWheat harvest in Russia’s Kaliningrad Region / Go to the mediabankInternationalIndiaAfricaKiev’s representatives in Istanbul are sabotaging the grain deal, leading to the share of poorer countries receiving Ukrainian food to be reduced to a minimum, according to the Russian Foreign Ministry. Meanwhile, Eastern and Central European states have banned Ukrainian food imports […]
An aerial view of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital on October 7, 2022InternationalIndiaAfricaAccording to an annual report by startup news and research portal Disrupt Africa, the continent’s startups have seen significant growth despite global economic slowdown caused by multiple factors, such as the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic.In 2022, a total of 633 African tech startups […]
South African Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago participates in panel discussion on emerging markets’ response to recent exchange rate pressures at the 2016 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group at George Washington University on October 8, 2016 in Washington, DC. InternationalIndiaAfricaSeveral of the country’s nationalized industries have long had […]
Hugh Masekela and his nephew Mabusha Masekela. InternationalIndiaAfricaExclusiveApril 4 marked the birthday of Hugh Masekela, a South African jazz legend, who was one of the country’s most famous instrumentalists, known worldwide for his distinctive style and anti-apartheid songs. On this occasion, Sputnik sat down to interview his nephew, Mabusha Masekela, who spent many years alongside […]
/ Go to the mediabankFlags of four of the five the BRICS countries: South Africa, India, Brazil and China. / Go to the mediabankInternationalIndiaAfricaExclusiveSouth Africa will host the leaders of Brazil, Russia, India and China at the 15th BRICS Summit in August this year.South Africa considers BRICS a platform for advancing and addressing wider African developmental […]
A harvester collects wheat in the village of Zghurivka, Ukraine, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022InternationalIndiaAfricaPoland and Hungary have banned imports of Ukrainian grain and other foods, with Slovakia jumping on their bandwagon and Bulgaria fixing to follow suit. The EU lifted tariffs on Ukraine’s agricultural products last year, leaving Central and Eastern European food producers in […]