Is Gates a superhero or a supervillain? That’s the wrong question. The right question is: How it is that one person can have so much influence over world health?
But Big Pharma and the world trade body haven’t shifted on sharing vaccine intellectual property
The Covid-19 B.1.617 variant, first detected in India, is now listed as one of concern, but the World Health Organisation says it does not doubt the efficacy of global vaccines
The government is to decide whether travel restrictions will be implemented after variants originally from India and the UK were detected in South Africa.
Scientists in South Africa say there’s no evidence that the B.1.617 is worse than our local variant
Political prisoners in India, many of whom are awaiting trial, face abysmal conditions in far-flung, overcrowded jails. Now they are threatened with infection without access to healthcare
The department of health briefed parliament on South Africa’s readiness for a possible third Covid-19 wave, as members’ expressed concerns in light of India’s surge in coronavirus infections.
Oxygen, hospital bed and medication shortages have left thousands dead. But the ruling party lets millions gather at religious festivals and remains on the campaign trail
Setting up a continent-wide medicine regulator could be crucial to getting Africa’s people the treatments and Covid vaccines they need. Here’s why more countries need to put their weight behind it
The team has displaced the world champions England in the rankings and has the World Cup in its sights
Better laws can stop companies such as Uber from riding roughshod over people who do work for them but are denied employment benefits
But some countries – such as Egypt – have cracked down on the social media app, which grew apace with the pandemic
The West bought billions of vaccines fast and cheap, leaving poorer nations paying through the nose for years to come
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
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
The encrypted messaging service is having to embark on some damage control after criticism about its new terms and conditions
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
The Ethiopian government has created its own ‘fact-checking’ unit — and it is not the only government to do so.
In the race for a safe and effective vaccine, human rights and honesty should be prioritised above profits, say activists
Lesotho has been used as a microcosm in this article to reflect how the foreign policy has affected Africa
Africa’s favourable weather conditions means solar energy uptake could be accelerated with a few nudges in the right direction
China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria
South Africa’s economic, racial and social divides invite unrest that will leave us all worse off
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
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
This past week saw conflict between the two countries resurface
The impacts of these infringements could last well beyond the life of the Covid-19 pandemic
Structural forces mean emerging economies can’t offer the necessary Covid-19 fiscal-relief packages
The coronavirus epidemic has thrown issues such as gross income and ownership inequality into the spotlight, as we try to find ways to navigate through this crisis
It’s difficult to enforce a lockdown in informal settlements, and social distancing may be impossible. New ideas are needed
A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India
ill-equipped to manage the pandemic
Scientists are seeking to manufacture key medications in South Africa, saving on costs and shoring up decreased supplies