David Pilling
Africa Editor at Financial Times
FT Africa Editor. One of Time’s 7.7bn most important people. Author: The Growth Delusion; Bending Adversity. Asia & Africa 'expert'. Speaker
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5 days ago |
irishtimes.com | Alec Russell |Monica Mark |David Pilling
A few hours before South Africa’s president Cyril Ramaphosa was subjected to a litany of false and embroidered charges by Donald Trump live on television in the Oval Office, back in Cape Town a more orderly but perhaps more significant debate reached a climax: the country’s parliament finally passed a highly contested budget. It was the third attempt.
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1 week ago |
ft.com | Alec Russell |Monica Mark |David Pilling
A few hours before South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa was subjected to a litany of false and embroidered charges by Donald Trump...
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2 weeks ago |
afr.com | David Pilling
David PillingMay 23, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Twenty-five years ago, Bill Gates, then the world’s richest man, announced that he would start giving away his fortune to save lives and reduce poverty abroad and at home.
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2 weeks ago |
ft.com | David Sheppard |Suzi Ring |George Parker |Charles Clover |David Pilling
Sir Keir Starmer has signed a long-term deal to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius under which Britain will pay more...
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2 weeks ago |
ft.com | David Pilling
It began innocuously enough with the appearance of a few individuals in Cape Town’s affluent suburb of Constantia, prized for its...
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Bill Gates is giving away $200bn. Can his plans survive in the Trump era? https://t.co/rn0muRxQFg via @financialtimes - here's a longer piece from the same interview
Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of ‘killing’ children with USAID cuts https://t.co/UxyVhBP0Ov via @ft
Our young colleague Joe Salcedo has died at the tragically young age of 29. His family in the Philippines is heartbroken and the FT is raising money to help with arrangements. Here is a link to the page https://t.co/9b6dfmlm6z