South Africa may oppose world’s largest mining deal

Australian mining giant BHP would likely sell off mines in Southern Africa if it absorbed Anglo American

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Brazil food security improves but inequality persists

Nearly 30% of Brazil's population faced some degree of food insecurity in the latter part of 2023

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The Biden administration's requested defence budget increase for the next fiscal year is below the rate of inflation

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Five years after the ‘caliphate’ collapsed, Syria’s Al-Hol camp remains ‘a blot on humanity’s conscience’

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Relations with Moscow continue to deteriorate, with Yerevan asking for Russian troops to leave several bases

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US lawmakers have introduced a bill in Congress to create the 'Americas Partnership' with Latin America

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China’s population is contracting, with the demographic dividend of the one-child policy now exhausted

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Ghana has passed extremely harsh legislation targeting LGBTQ+ people and communities

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Kyiv has moved away from its previous dependence on Russia to operate its nuclear power plants

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Panama’s new president will have to navigate a fragmented legislature and several contentious socio-political challenges

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