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By 2030, non-communicable diseases will account for 75% of all deaths annually. Eight percent of these will be in the global south. Most of these diseases are what we call silent killers: type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease, as well as certain types of cancer at increasingly…

A swing and a miss, Mr. President!

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa unveiled Wednesday a plan to revive South Africa's flagging local governments, weeks after publicly criticising the state of the financial capital Johannesburg as it prepares to host the G20 summit in November.

Countries are struggling to manage expensive loans, with much of debt transacted through London

As the G20 presiding nation, South Africa has an opportunity to champion issues relevant to emerging economies. One of these issues is government subsidisation of privately owned fossil fuel corporations.

Chancellor Rachel Reeves is in Washington for the International Monetary Fund’s spring meeting of finance ministers from the G7 and G20.

Rachel Reeves has travelled to the US capital for the International Monetary Fund’s spring meetings of G7 and G20 finance ministers.

Chancellor expected to meet US Treasury secretary Scott Bessent on Friday in an attempt to make progress on negotiations for a UK-US economic deal

Credit rating agencies like S&P Global and Fitch have an outsized influence on the economic fortunes of developing countries. Their assessments shape investor perceptions, influence borrowing costs, and ultimately shape a country’s development path. With many African countries now issuing bonds in global markets amid falling levels of official development…