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Africa urged to boost intra-continental trade for resilience to global shocks
Policymakers should accelerate implementation of Africa's free trade area, the secretary general of the African Continental Free Trade Area Secretariat said.
Many African financial markets weakened in 2025, report says
Tightening global financial conditions negatively impacted more than a dozen African markets this year, a survey by South African bank Absa found.
South Africa says land redistribution laws proving difficult in US tariffs talks
South Africa’s International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola also said the “false narrative” of a genocide had been raised in the latest trade talks.
Gulf debt sales surge despite global uncertainty: IMF
The Gulf has largely escaped the fallout from 'higher US tariffs and global trade restrictions,' the IMF's director for the Middle East and Central Asia said.
T. Rex to be the star of new Abu Dhabi museum
The museum, set to open in November, will explore 13.8 billion years of natural history, starting from the Big Bang to the evolution of life on Earth.
Abu Dhabi targets tourism, finance, and tech in diversification push
Non-oil sectors in the emirate have grown to represent 57% of its economy in recent years.
Dubai real-estate developer Emaar plots US, China expansion
Housing shortages and a lack of affordability in the US present an opportunity, the company's founder Mohamed Alabbar said.