Africa

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Eswatini’s oil reserve gamble

Eswatini has signed a $300 million agreement with Taiwan to build a massive strategic oil reserve but the project is raising difficult questions in a country battling deepening poverty, soaring unemployment and allegations of elite enrichment

Malawi plane crash probe targets aviation oversight

Malawi plane crash probe targets aviation oversight

For the families of the nine victims who died on a remote hillside in northern Malawi, the question that first emerged after the crash remains unresolved. The country’s third investigation has begun. Whether it will be the last remains uncertain