FNA Observatory: Annual Economic Review 2026
A year of shifting growth rates, persistent joblessness in key economies, and notable disinflation, as annual data illuminate nuanced outcomes…
FNA Digest Analysis: 3 November 2026
The international order grapples with intensified conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East, juxtaposed with diplomatic overtures and challenges for…
FreeNet Africa Weekly — 26 October–1 November 2026
The week ending 1 November 2026 was marked by the closure of Russia's Novaya Gazeta, intensifying press restrictions, continued violence…
FNA Digest Analysis: 31 October 2026
Reports of Novaya Gazeta’s closure underscore the enduring contest over independent journalism in Russia, while G20 diplomatic tensions and African…
FNA Digest Analysis: 28 October 2026
A World Under Pressure: Iran Diplomacy, American Power, Russia’s Internal Contradictions and the Expanding Geography of Conflict The international news…
FNA Digest Analysis: 25 October 2026
A Day of Widening Wars, Strategic Pressure and Lost Openings for Peace The international news of 25 October 2026 offered…
Professor Jeffrey Sachs: BRICS and the World After the End of Western Dominance
In his interview with Glenn Diesen, Jeffrey Sachs places the rise of BRICS within a much longer history: the ascendancy…
What the BRICS New Delhi Declaration Means for South Africa and Africa
For South Africa and the wider African continent, the 2026 BRICS New Delhi Declaration is potentially significant because many of…
Multipolarity: The BRICS New Delhi Declaration 2026 marks the end of Western Imperialism
The New Delhi Declaration, adopted at the XVIII BRICS Summit in India on 12–13 September 2026, presents an increasingly ambitious…
Nature-Based Solutions: Can We Repair the Future by Working With Nature?
There is something almost embarrassingly simple about the central idea behind Nature-based Solutions. A city floods because its rivers have…
