The African continent is mostly reported as a land of poverty, civil strife and endless lines of begging hands. Problems facing the continent are portrayed and communicated mostly by foreign eyes through the monopoly-controlled news media.
The arrest of a top Huawei executive may spark a conflict that could cripple America’s rivals and unleash chaos in the world, contends *Martin Khor We shouldn’t be misled into thinking that the “trade war” between the United States...
From the first moment Hugo Chavez took office, the US has been trying to overthrow Venezue-la’s socialist movement by using sanctions, coup attempts, and funding the opposition parties. After all, there is nothing more undemocratic than a coup d’état,...
At a time when the world economy is seen poised for yet another financial turmoil, there is a widespread recognition that emerging economies (EMEs) are particularly vulnerable because of their deepened integration into the global financial system, contends *Yilmaz...
The risks include waning support for multilateralism; the escalation of trade wars; financial instabilities linked to high debt levels as well as climate-related risks, writes *Jaya Ramachandran. The convergence of several significant risks is endangering efforts to achieve the...
Women entrepreneurs are playing an important role in transforming global food security for economic growth, but they have to work twice as hard as men to succeed in agribusiness, writes *Busani Bafana “Agriculture and agribusiness are gener-ally perceived as...