Matthew Hill

2 months ago | nz.news.yahoo.com | Jorgelina do Rosario |Philip Aldrick |Matthew Hill

(Bloomberg) -- Africa’s first turn at hosting Group of 20 nations was pitched as a big push for development, but instead is witnessing wealthy economies pivot further toward arms over aid.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Jorgelina do Rosario |Philip Aldrick |Matthew Hill

(Bloomberg) -- Africa’s first turn at hosting Group of 20 nations was pitched as a big push for development, but instead is witnessing wealthy economies pivot further toward arms over aid. Most Read from BloombergAs finance chiefs gathered in Cape Town under host South Africa’s G-20 goals for “Solidarity, Equality and Sustainability,’ Britain announced a dramatic increase in defense spending at the expense of a development budget that’s been a key tool of its national soft power.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Paul Burkhardt |Matthew Hill

(Bloomberg) -- A US initiative to increase electricity supply in Africa has been dismantled by the Trump administration after more than a decade of work, according to people familiar with the matter. Most Read from BloombergAlmost all of Power Africa’s programs have been listed for termination and the majority of its staff fired, said the people who asked not to be identified as they aren’t authorized to speak to the media.

Feb 9, 2025 | news.bloomberglaw.com | Matthew Hill |Rene Vollgraaff

A White Afrikaans rights group’s years of lobbying right-wing US politicians culminated in President Donald Trump on Friday falsely accusing South Africa of seeking to seize land from “ethnic minority Afrikaners” and withholding financial aid to the nation. The accusation of racist policy against the country that overcame apartheid sparked an unusually united condemnation across the South African political spectrum.

Feb 9, 2025 | yahoo.com | Matthew Hill |Rene Vollgraaff

(Bloomberg) -- A White Afrikaans rights group’s years of lobbying right-wing US politicians culminated in President Donald Trump on Friday falsely accusing South Africa of seeking to seize land from “ethnic minority Afrikaners” and withholding financial aid to the nation. Most Read from BloombergThe accusation of racist policy against the country that overcame apartheid sparked an unusually united condemnation across the South African political spectrum.