Landslides due to torrential rain have killed 11 people, seriously injured eight and destroyed 102 homes in a remote rural area in southern Ethiopia.
Nine years after international outrage stopped the cull of elephants in the Kruger National Park, more than 3Â 000 of the beasts face the new threat of a death sentence — because science has failed to come up with a cheap elephant contraceptive.
The latest outputs of South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission provide an extraordinary memorial to the South African conflict — proving that the real power of the commission lies in its story-telling function rather than the granting of amnesty.
Recriminations have erupted over an international trade agreement to provide cut-price copies of life-saving drugs to the world’s poorest countries. According to trade analysts, the deal will be unable to provide the quantities of drugs needed to combat the world’s growing deadly infections.
At least 13 people were killed and 70 others injured on Sunday when a fire, one of the worst in years, swept through a residential building in suburban Taipei.
South Korean Foreign Minister Yoon Young-Kwan warned North Korea on Sunday not to follow through on threats to build up its nuclear programme, saying such a move would only increase the North’s isolation.
Justine Henin-Hardenne and Juan Carlos Ferrero handled one of the strangest days in US Open history like the champions they are, winning with character and poise despite the distractions.
Jacques Kallis warmed up for next week’s fifth Test against England with the first double century of his career against Derbyshire in Derby on Saturday. The all-rounder made exactly 200 in the tourists’ total of 460 for seven declared.
Western Province were in impressive form as they destroyed the Pumas 44-20 in their Currie Cup match at Newlands on Saturday evening. The home side carried a handsome 20-6 lead into the halftime break before the Pumas could muster a reply.
Rudolf Straeuli’s 30-man Springbok squad included a couple of shocks when the team was revealed at an extravagant function held at the Tukkies Sports Ground in Pretoria on Saturday.