How DRC President Leveraged Geopolitics to Secure Political Survival
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) sits at the centre of global great power competition. ...
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Zambia’s Copper and the Social Cost of Extraction Deals
There are moments when the language of power becomes so blunt that it stops pretending to ...
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Soft Power, Hard Minerals: China’s Expanding Grip on Southern Africa
As American and Israeli strikes hammer Iranian targets in the spring of 2026 and Russia remains ...
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Namibian graphite project reactivated as Saudi Arabia advances battery supply ambitions
A Canadian mining company is preparing to restart graphite production in Namibia as global competition intensifies around ...
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The Southern African Times is a regional bloc digital newspaper that covers Southern African and world news. The paper also gives a nuanced analysis on news and covers a wide range of reporting which include sports, entertainment, foreign affairs, arts and culture.