China Works to Expand its Sway in Africa Amid Rivalry With the U.S. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, pitches his country as a leader of the developing world, rallying support for an alternative to the U.S.-dominated global order.

South Africa Power and Cell question. Trying to make sure I have what I need. Hello all. I leave for South Africa in just over two weeks. I think I have everything squared away, but am trying to make sure my bases are covered. The itinerary looks like this. 1 day Johannesburg 3 day’s in Victoria Falls 2 day’s in Zebula Lodge 3 day’s in Kruger National Park 5 day’s in Cape Town I didn’t have much input on the itinerary …

The Deluge Facing Africa’s Leaders Is Going to Get Worse All of the civilian governments recently overthrown in Africa have failed to deliver to their citizens.

What makes Africa a difficult travel destination for Westerners/English speakers? It seems most people don’t visit much of Africa compared to Europe/Asia/South America/North America. From what I understand there are a few countries that are at level 2 on the USA travel safety website and they have English as their primary language. Is the limiting factor maybe the price of airfare? I am seeing that even traveling within Afric…

Jacob Zuma Released From South Africa Prison After Brief Return The authorities said Mr. Zuma, the former president, was a beneficiary of a new program to relieve crowding. His political opponents called the timing suspicious.

More reasonable week trip from the East Coast: Africa or Asia? Title pretty much says it all but I’m only have a week off of work this winter to take a trip. I took trips to Portugal and Brazil last year so was hoping to try a new continent. When you factor in weekends I’ll basically have nine days total to travel for. Considering the length and cost of flights as well as how much can be done in a week woul…

Importing Nokia Phones To Africa (Ghana) I am an importer of phones and accessories to Ghana from around the world. Decided to import nokia feature phone but finding it difficult getting a good supplier of Nokia feature phones to Ghana. Anyone with a good link on where I can import from? submitted by /u/Stevylo2020

World Cup: Netherlands Beats South Africa to Reach Quarterfinals A goal in each half delivered victory, and a date with Spain. But a South Africa striker made the day as difficult as possible.

Can Niger and the other coup states in West Africa return to democracy? submitted by /u/calvinhobbes88

‘Kill the Boer’ Song Fuels Backlash in South Africa and U.S. Right-wing commenters claim that an old anti-apartheid chant is a call to anti-white violence, but historians and the left-wing politician who embraces it say it should not be taken literally.

World Cup Daily: Jamaica send Brazil crashing out; South Africa stun Italy World Cup giants Brazil are out as they failed to beat Jamaica, who go through instead, while South Africa sent Italy home after a bizarre own goal.

Women’s World Cup: Jamaica and South Africa Stride Into Round of 16; Sweden Earns Matchup With U.S. With a draw, Jamaica pushed into the round of 16 by eliminating Brazil in a game that may have been the last for Marta on the international stage.

South Africa shock Italy to qualify for knockouts Thembi Kgatlana scored a last-gasp winner to give South Africa their first ever Women’s World Cup win with a 3-2 victory over Italy.

Africa Travel Vaccinations Hello all, I’m a Canadian citizen who will be travelling to Africa (South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana) next month. I’ve been to a travel clinic at a pharmacy last month about what vaccines I should be getting and the pharmacist told me I can get a Hep A shot if I’d like but that’s it. The government of Canada website said that the yellow fever v…

Coups in Africa Run Coast to Coast After Niger Turmoil This past week’s military takeover in Niger completed a domino chain of countries ruled by leaders who seized power by force, fueling instability and presenting a conundrum for the United States.

Putin Promises Free Grain at Africa Summit, Aiming to Help Russia’s Image At a summit for African countries, the Russian president insisted that Western hypocrisy rather than his invasion of Ukraine was to blame for disruptions in the global food supply.

Please critique my 20 day trip to East Africa My partner and I are both animal lovers, so they surprised me with an unforgettable trip to Southern Africa last year, and we had an absolute blast. Now, I’m surprising them with this trip in August of next year. I’ve already booked everything, but I can make some adjustments since it’s well in advance. As far as what we’re into, we like more qu…

Africa-Focused DeFi Platform Mara Releases Ethereum-Compatible Testnet Developers in Nigeria and across Africa can build and test their decentralized applications on the Optimism forked Mara Chain.

Breaking up travel into South Africa Looking to fly Toronto to Johannesburg and Cape Town back to Toronto. What would be the best way to break up the flight? 30 hour flight total with 12 hour layover in Zurich with Air Canada / Swiss Airlines 4 hour layover in ATL but then a 15-16 hour straight flight there, takes around 21 hours total with Delta Thinking of upgrading to premium …

Putin Will Not Attend BRICS Summit, South Africa’s President Says The decision allows South Africa to avoid the predicament of whether to arrest the Russian leader, who is the subject of an international warrant, if he traveled to Johannesburg for a BRICS meeting.