Germany’s Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock visited Johannesburg on Tuesday (27 June) in a bid to persuade South Africa to join the international chorus of condemnation against Russia for its war on Ukraine. The G7, a club of the world’s richest nations, has a special interest in South Africa going clean. Still, she upheld the importance of shutting down South Africa’s coal plants during her visit, a message that did not always go down well in Johannesburg. “From my perspective, South Africa is in a unique position to benefit from the green hydrogen boom,” Baerbock wrote in the Op-Ed. Energy tops Scholz’s agenda in Senegal and South Africa Energy was at the top of the agenda during German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s first trip to Africa.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 28, 2023 21:17 UTC