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TikTok hits the sweetest spots

Africa Aaisha Dadi Patel - 15 Feb 2021

But some countries – such as Egypt – have cracked down on the social media app, which grew apace with the pandemic

Another Covid crisis: A vaccine apartheid endangering us all

Health Madlen Davies & Rosa Furneaux - 7 Feb 2021

The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come

Bill Gates, Big Pharma and entrenching the vaccine apartheid

Coronavirus Simon Allison - 30 Jan 2021

Waiving intellectual property restrictions on Covid-19 vaccines could help the developing world. But India and South Africa’s pleas are falling on deaf ears

Patents a litmus test for global vaccine rollout

Opinion Khaya Sithole - 28 Jan 2021

As India and South Africa push for relief at the World Trade Organisation through intellectual property rights waivers, India’s history of getting concessions may be the proverbial tripping block

WhatsApp panics as users flee to rivals in privacy boycott

Business Agence France Presse - 14 Jan 2021

The encrypted messaging service is having to embark on some damage control after criticism about its new terms and conditions

Use of force against millions of protesting farmers will destroy Indian secularism

Opinion Azhar Azam - 17 Dec 2020

More than 263-million cultivators and labourers have joined the rights movement against the Modi government’s laws that will push people further into poverty

A glimpse into the future of government propaganda

Africa Samuel Gebre & Claire Wilmot - 8 Dec 2020

The Ethiopian government has created its own ‘fact-checking’ unit — and it is not the only government to do so.

Greed won’t end the vaccine wars

Coronavirus Pontsho Pilane - 31 Oct 2020

In the race for a safe and effective vaccine, human rights and honesty should be prioritised above profits, say activists

How US foreign policy under Donald Trump has affected Africa

Africa Nomsa Maseko & BBC - 19 Oct 2020

Lesotho has been used as a microcosm in this article to reflect how the foreign policy has affected Africa

Is solar power the answer to Southern Africa’s energy crisis?

Business Kudzaishe Chivandire - 14 Oct 2020

Africa’s favourable weather conditions means solar energy uptake could be accelerated with a few nudges in the right direction

Where do Africans study abroad?

Education M&G Data Desk - 5 Sep 2020

China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria

Khaya Sithole: Lessons to be learned from partitions

Opinion Khaya Sithole - 20 Aug 2020

South Africa’s economic, racial and social divides invite unrest that will leave us all worse off

Extract: Trying to grasp something unfathomable

Friday Dionne Brand - 16 Jul 2020

In ‘A Map to the Door of No Return’ Dionne Brand reads VS Naipaul as a sorrowfully spiteful narrator, full of the despair of exile

India and China border conflict intensifies

World Haris Zargar - 10 Jul 2020

A frontier dispute between the two Asian giants turned deadly for the first time in 45 years. Observers argue the skirmish was exacerbated by Delhi’s annexation of Kashmir and Ladakh

Cartoon: Carlos on the India-China border clashes

Cartoons Carlos - 19 Jun 2020

This past week saw conflict between the two countries resurface

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