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Climate change costs Malawi 1.7% of its economy each year

Malawi is facing rising economic losses from climate change

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Oil prices were on track for a weekly decline on Friday

Sudan Minister in SA for working strategy visit 

Sudan’s Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Elmutasim Ibrahim Ali in SA

Trump extends deadline for striking Iran’s energy plants into April

United States (US) President Donald Trump said he will extend the deadline to April 6 for Iran to make a deal to end the war or face the destruction of its energy plants, saying talks were going “very well”, but Tehran dismissed the US proposal as unfair

Malawi losing 1.7% of GDP annually to climate shocks, warns regional conference

Malawi is currently losing an estimated 1.7% of its gross domestic product (GDP) every year due to climate‑related shocks, a figure expected to rise sharply if global warming continues unchecked.

France denies excluding SA from G7 summit under pressure from Washington

French officials on Thursday denied ​excluding South Africa (SA) from the list of invitees to the G7 leaders’ summit in June due to pressure from Washington, saying ‌Kenya had been invited instead, ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s visit there later this year.