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Pandemic of human rights abuses haunts governments in East and Southern Africa

Africa Deprose Muchena - 14 Dec 2020

In a year defined by Covid-19, human rights violations, including massacres of civilians and crackdowns on opposition parties, have plagued these regions

Did Botswana execute ‘poachers’ ?

Africa Joel Konopo - 23 Nov 2020

The Botswana Defence Force’s anti-poaching unit has long been accused of a ‘shoot to kill’ policy. Over 20 years the unit has killed 30 Namibians and 22 Zimbabweans

Seals abort pups in mass die-off

Environment Sheree Bega - 20 Oct 2020

There are a number of factors — a pollutant, virus or bacteria or malnutrition — that may have caused the 12 000 deaths on Namibia’s coast.

The challenges of delivering a Covid-19 vaccine in Africa requires a new approach

Africa Dr Leonard Bikinesi & Dr Sanjeev Arora - 14 Oct 2020

It is imperative that we train healthcare workers and participate in continent-wide collaboration

Trump win will abort health care

Health Pontsho Pilane - 1 Oct 2020

Threats of funding cuts has caused a reduction in reproductive and sexual health services

Reframing women in Namibia’s early history of photography

Friday Lorena Rizzo - 25 Sep 2020

Women photographers, and black African women photographers in particular, are largely absent from early histories of the medium. This is slowly changing

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

Africa Arya Karijo & Lydia Namubiru - 10 Sep 2020

Conservative groups are fighting efforts to expand African women’s access to healthcare. Do they care about women all the time, or only when they’re procreating?

10 rules for aspiring politicians, according to Namibia’s First Lady

Africa Simon Allison - 13 Aug 2020

Pick your battles. Be careful who you sleep with. And learn to accept defeat

A fishy business: How an Icelandic multinational moved profits out of Namibia

Africa Margot Gibbs - 22 Jul 2020

Global food companies avoid paying taxes by shifting profits around the world. Finance Uncovered reports on the case of Icelandic fishing giant Samherji’s operations in Namibia

The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence

Africa Webster Zambara & Annah Moyo-Kupeta - 13 Jul 2020

The SADC has been lackadaisical in its response to the insurgency in Mozambique and in so doing, is putting several other southern African countries at risk

EXCLUSIVE: OR Tambo’s forgotten speech at Chatham House

Africa Oliver Reginald Tambo - 9 Jul 2020

‘The choice we are faced with is to submit or fight’

Pandor goes into self-isolation after Covid-19 scare

Article Thanduxolo Jika & Sabelo Skiti - 25 Mar 2020

The minister of international relations took the precaution after allegations that an employee had tested positive for the virus

Higher-education institutions around Africa close as the world combats Covid-19

Article Bongekile Macupe - 17 Mar 2020

Several countries, including Kenya and Senegal, have ordered their tertiary education institutions to shut down in an effort to stop the spread of coronavirus

To silence the guns in Africa, nature must be restored

Africa Hailemariam Desalegn - 12 Feb 2020

The world needs a new deal to protect its natural environment

The Icelandic fisherman who fought the sharks – and won

Africa Simon Allison - 31 Jan 2020

The story of Johannes Stefansson, who helped to pay massive bribes in Namibia - and survived death threats from Cape gangsters, and a poisoning attempt, to blow the whistle

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Pandemic of human rights abuses haunts governments in East and Southern Africa

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The challenges of delivering a Covid-19 vaccine in Africa requires a new approach

Trump win will abort health care

Reframing women in Namibia’s early history of photography

‘Pro-family’ campaigners ignore pregnant women dying during Covid lockdowns

10 rules for aspiring politicians, according to Namibia’s First Lady

A fishy business: How an Icelandic multinational moved profits out of Namibia

The SADC will regret its approach to Mozambique’s insurgence

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To silence the guns in Africa, nature must be restored

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