The regulator has issued detailed directions standardising balance sheet formats, disclosures, and accounting treatment for rural co-operative banks. The key takeaway is stricter transparency and ...

The Directions introduce stricter governance, sectoral lending curbs, and enhanced Board oversight to strengthen credit risk management in rural co-operative ...

A two-year-old girl died in a piranha attack after wandering outside her riverside home in rural Brazil. Little Clara Vitoria ...

After an attempted jailbreak, Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro has endorsed his son Flávio for president in 2026. Few ...

The FMD crisis has exposed longstanding weaknesses in South Africa’s animal health system. The Milk Producers’ Organisation ...

Both forces have tactical units, including the military police’s BOPE division, which has been involved in some of Brazil's ...