As the globe convulses over the economic fallout from the war in Iran, many African nations say the ripple effects of the conflict are exacerbating longstanding challenges at home, like the lack of manufacturing on the continent and its heavy reliance on imports and foreign investment. The standoff over the Strait of Hormuz has sent…
From the point of view of pastoral efficiency, some of the nations that Pope Leo XIV has visited on his African tour this month make a lot of sense. Cameroon and Angola, for example, are each home to millions of Catholics. But in other African nations that fuel Catholicism’s global growth — nations not on…
Shorouk Express Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email Some 25,000 climate have descended on Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the second African Climate Summit (ACS2) – in the face of Donald Trump’s hostile stance towards both climate…
