More than 53,000 foreign nationals were processed for deportation from South Africa amid a wave of xenophobic attacks; Namibia repatriated its nationals but many are already hoping to return, as Pretoria said it would handle future requests case by case.
China's state-owned aluminium giant secured the Opuwo cobalt project in north-west Namibia, adding to Beijing's accelerating battery-metals sweep across southern Africa as the Iran war reshapes EV supply-chain risk calculus
The EU consolidates to 256 flagship projects for 2026 and chases a raised target, as MEPs press on where the money actually went