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Valeria Luiselli tells stories to shame us

Article Bongani Kona - 14 Feb 2020

Over and over again she writes about the lost children picked up on the United States border

SA to US: Hurt us and it’ll hurt you

Article Thando Maeko - 14 Feb 2020

South Africa’s preferred trade status is likely to be removed, which means exports will cost more

JP Mika is a Congolese artist in full bloom

Article Riason Naidoo - 5 Feb 2020

The painter, who hails from the DRC, is currently presenting his first solo exhibition outside his home country in Paris

Soleimani air strike: Why this is a dangerous escalation of US assassination policy

Article Luca Trenta - 12 Jan 2020

The Trump administration is only the latest to push the boundaries of the law to take out foreign adversaries

Soleimani killing, US strategic incoherence

Article Richard N Haass - 10 Jan 2020

Given the general's standing, Iran is unlikely to back down

How Big Data swung Senegal’s vote

Africa Simon Allison - 6 Sep 2019

From a house in Dakar, ex-Obama staffers ran a top-secret data analysis unit that transformed incumbent Macky Sall’s presidential campaign

US Democratic frontrunner Biden drops in polls after debate

Article Agency - 2 Jul 2019

Biden, a former vice president under Barack Obama, still polls the highest at 22% among the two-dozen contenders for the Democratic nomination

Biden to hit campaign trail before blue-collar supporters

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Apr 2019

For his first public event since announcing his candidacy last Thursday, Biden chose Pennsylvania, the state where he was born 76 years ago

Nancy Pelosi: Former US House speaker set to reclaim gavel

Article Michael Mathes - 3 Jan 2019

Keeping Donald Trump in check will be among the California Democrat's top challenges as she presides over the House of Representatives

A genuine democracy is needed

Article Richard Pithouse - 7 Dec 2018

Stability demands that those who are brutally excluded must be given a meaningful voice

Former US president George H.W. Bush dead at 94

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Dec 2018

Bush's passing comes just months after the death in April of his wife and revered first lady Barbara Bush

De Niro, Biden latest suspected targets as Trump slams media

Article bogdan TagDiv - 25 Oct 2018

A spree of suspicious packages and pipe bombs have been sent to opponents of Donald Trump as he lashed out at the media for stirring up "anger"

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