More leaders in more African countries will abolish term limits unless organisations like the African Union take action
Authoritarian countries will put liberal democracies under pressure
A change in perspective of how we view other beings could help the human race
‘We continue to fight against injustice because we have to. We, who have suffered so much, can ill-afford suffering in any part of the world’
Surprised? Which is to be expected when the media thrives on keeping us in a state of alarm
The US leader doesn’t understand global trade and so his decisions will harm the world economy
Steel and aluminium tariff hikes imposed by the US could mean job losses in SA
A study has found that a local event rather than a global shift in climate caused the mass extinction in South Africa
China’s e-commerce giant, Alibaba, is steering resources towards driverless car technology
Earlier this month, President Trump signed a proclamation implementing new trade policies including 25% tariffs on Chinese exports
The president is poised to unveil sanctions against China for the "theft" of US intellectual property
Cities have cut levels of PM 2.5 – the tiny airborne particles considered most harmful to health – by an average of 32% in just four years.
Legislators erupted into enthusiastic applause over plans to give the president a lifetime mandate to mould the Asian giant into a superpower.
With the second largest military budget in the world, China’s president continues with his plan to build ‘a world class fighting force’
Military superpowers, which now include China, rely on Djibouti’s increasingly fragile stability
While governments need to develop coherent frameworks to regulate cryptocurrency, permanent solutions will be found through international co-operation
An innovative business rescue has preserved an asset that would be impossible to restart, in hopes that the commodity cycle will swing up again
The apology marks the latest backpedalling by a foreign company for offending Chinese consumers.
Beijing has been turning reefs and islets into islands and installing military facilities such as runways and equipment on them
South Africa’s obsession with nuclear energy under the leadership of President Zuma, is dangerous.
BBC reporter Matthew Goddard told the FCCC that unknown individuals tried to smash his camera equipment after he refused to hand over footage
China built and paid for the AU’s computer network – but inserted a backdoor allowing it access to confidential information
The new tariffs will cause the loss of about 23 000 American jobs and the cancellation or delay of billions of dollars in solar investment
China’s emerging hip hop subculture seemed destined to run afoul of the Communist Party, which has dramatically tightened its grip on free expression
The 50-year-old former president said the increased Chinese presence could threaten the Muslim-majority nation of 340 000
Global plastic exports to China could sink from 7.4 million tonnes in 2016 to 1.5 million tonnes in 2018; paper exports might tumble nearly a quarter
A study of pink plastic pearls shows that Africa will have to make big sacrifices if its children are to be employed
The six-month campaign to curb winter air pollution in northern China appeared to start slowly, with only four of the 28 cities meeting their targets.
Many in China have been cold this winter as authorities curbed coal heating to fight pollution.
China’s military budget has grown steadily for 30 years, but its ‘world-class army’ is not a strategic threat — for now.
To change South Africa to a socialist state will not happen through a social pact, writes Frans Rautenbach
China’s demand for donkey meat from Zimbabwe and Namibia could lead to the animal’s extinction.