If the media can shift the way in which it reports on gender-based violence, thousands of deaths might not be so utterly futile, writes William Bird.
On the second day of Oscar Pistorius’s bail application, preliminary investigations have contradicted key claims in his affidavit.
Kidnappers who seized seven members of a French family, including four young children, in Cameroon have taken them across the border into Nigeria.
Pope Benedict XVI is nearly blind in one eye and was advised to limit air travel because of his high blood pressure, says the Vatican Insider website.
Anglo American Platinum workers in Rustenburg have returned to work after clashes and work stoppages.
Design Indaba Expo is a showcase of the most innovative, new South African design, from furniture and fashion to jewellery, craft and homeware.
Football heads have vowed to excise the "cancer" of match-fixing, but said tougher laws were needed to protect the bruised integrity of the sport.
Accusations by a US computer company that a secretive Chinese military unit is likely behind a series of hacking attacks are unreliable, says China.
Zimbabwe’s police have raided the offices of a monitoring group in what some fear is a move by authorities to harass them ahead of a referendum.
As Oscar Pistorius’s bail application runs into its second day, brands Oakley and Nike have severed business ties with the athlete.