Despite the efforts of the Arab Spring, Egypt is still led by a military dictatorship made in Mubarak’s image
About 25 years ago, Baldwyn Torto and his team taught themselves to talk to locusts. Now, Simon Allison brings you the story of the swarms eating their way across the continent
Africans living in China want to be evacuated
Last year was the deadliest for civilians since the current political crisis began in 2012. And the fighting is also increasing in neighbouring countries
Smaïl Chergui may hold a powerful position, but he is a controversial figure
The story of Johannes Stefansson, who helped to pay massive bribes in Namibia – and survived death threats from Cape gangsters, and a poisoning attempt, to blow the whistle
The prime minister has been questioned by the police, plunging the country into another crisis
I started singing formally in 2003. Before that I was in the school choir. I came to visit family in Cape Town, and by luck I met people who were opera singers. They encouraged me to audition for the Cape Town Opera, and that is how it started. It was not always easy. I went […]
Once again, Western auditing and consulting firms shamelessly facilitated corruption on an international scale
A new ‘award’, Spoilers of Peace, is designed to name and shame those people preventing peace in South Sudan