The head of Medecins Sans Frontires in Greece has accused the Athens authorities of pursuing an incorrect and dangerous public-health strategy.
Until relatively late in the last century, African literature was seen to have been dominated by social realism.
A survey of global opinion about Obama shows large numbers of non-Americans feel badly let down by the man awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2009.
The BBC is going to produce the first daily news television programme about the continent. Faeeza Ballim reports.
Relief groups are stepping up their appeals for aid to tackle the worsening food crisis in the Sahel region where more than 18-million face hunger.
Perhaps President Zuma should take a leaf from the book of Nelson Mandela, who wisely opted out of a second term as president, writes Khaya Dlanga.
Bird Life South Africa says the International Union for Conservation in Nature’s 2012 red list shows three bird species in SA are under threat.
Analysts warn that a military bid in Mali will fail but regional leaders fear the instability will spread. Liesl Louw-Vaudran reports from Dakar.
Among the middle-income countries, SA has one of the highest levels of unemployment – 25.2% in the first quarter of 2012, according to Stats SA.
The education programmes that should support young people’s quest for knowledge about sex are struggling, mainly due to teachers’ conservatism.