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Global south on brink of disastrous debt crisis

COUNTRIES across the global south are experiencing climate, poverty and development crises — all made worse by the unbearable costs of debt servicing. Indeed, according to Development Finance International, ‘Citizens of the Global South now face the worst debt crisis since global records began.’ Low-income countries, which have seen the amount...

Western hypocrisy in the global minerals scramble

WESTERN governments have finally realised that the energy transition is happening — and that the resources needed are mostly in Chinese hands. Transition minerals, by some dubbed the ‘new oil,’ are the key ingredients for renewables technologies like EV batteries, solar panels, and wind turbines that make the transition happen...