African women make up less than 1% of the senior counsel in the legal profession in South Africa, a study has shown.
In Syria, for men called each month to join the army, there is a more attractive alternative: stay home and join a loyalist paramilitary group.
Former Judicial Service Commission official Izak Smuts has suggested the idea of merit when it comes to making judicial appointments is "offensive".
African countries may have growth rates that are the envy of developed economies, but the continent’s boom has failed to dent poverty levels.
Rescuers struggled to reach a remote corner of China on Sunday as the toll of the dead and missing from the worst quake in three years climbed to 203.
The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings lay wounded and unable to speak on Saturday as investigators worked to determine a motive.
China’s worst earthquake in three years has killed at least 157 people and injured more than 5 700, the Ministry of Civil Affairs said.
Microsoft has plans for new touchscreen devices and a Windows 8 revamp as revenue rise has unexpectedly beaten analysts’ forecasts.
The Cheetahs have stunned the Sharks and moved to the top of the South African Vodacom Super Rugby Conference with a 12-6 victory in Durban.
Egyptian police have made 39 arrests after clashes between Islamists and opponents that saw both sides use firearms left more than 100 people injured.