A year after the death of the king of caftans, we remember the first black man to be a creative director at Vogue magazine
Animal rights groups say trophy hunting is unsustainable in sub-Saharan Africa, but research finds a ban on imports could have negative socioeconomic consequences
An estimated two-thirds of malaria deaths are among children under the age of five, most of them in Africa.
If distribution of the eventual Covid-19 vaccine occurs along economic and political lines, all countries will remain at risk
In about a year we’re likely to know if a candidate vaccine we’re beginning to test this week is effective against a virus that has devastated our country
Above all, Justice Cameron learned and taught that you can never judge anybody by their cover
The two-year project will seek ‘appropriate ways to publicly acknowledge past links to slavery and to address its impact’
In 2015, countries committed to the UN’s sustainable development goals in an effort to end, for example, poverty, hunger and inequality
Ten universities in UN Women project on employment parity and ending violence were the ‘guinea pigs’
Brilliant South African on his way to Oxford despite needing full-time medical care.
Four hundred years after the death of world-renowned playwright William Shakespeare, a rare folio of his work from the 1600s has been found.
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The Rhodes Trust tries to mollify criticism of Cecil John Rhodes’s legacy while not offending its wealthy alumni and other donors.
To build a more pluralistic, peaceful world, denunciations of what others hold sacred and assertions of superiority must be avoided.
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Mr Chancellor, you canvassed only imperialist beneficiaries about whether the statue of Cecil Rhodes should stay, writes Carina Venter.
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An Oxford University student says that in SA universities racism is at least acknowledged, but in Oxford people still need to be educated about it.
As Zimbabwe prepares for Independence Day on April 18, Charne Lavery looks at one of that country’s greatest literary sons.
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/ 15 February 2011
Scientists at Oxford University have successfully tested a universal flu vaccine that could work against all known strains of the illness.
The UK may be missing out on talented EU research
students because of a refusal to pay living costs.
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/ 3 September 2008
A family of MBA graduates recounts how their studies have turned their lives around.
Former All Black captain Anton Oliver is looking forward to playing in England’s rugby union Varsity Match after being offered a place at Oxford University. Oliver (32) will study for an MSc in biodiversity, environment and management at the famous English seat of learning.
Excitement about the potential of Brazil as a massive new source of oil and gas intensified on Tuesday after a senior Energy Ministry official declared that the newly found Carioca field could have 33-billion barrels in place — leading to expressions of surprise and scepticism from industry experts.
Contract workers for the United States State Department improperly viewed Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama’s passport records three times this year in what his campaign called ”an outrageous breach” of his privacy. The incidents, which occurred on January 9, February 21 and March 14, were quickly reported to lower-level State Department officials.
For an American TV audience, he had all the credentials to be a successful celebrity chef. Robert Irvine was a Briton, apparently with royal connections, a knighthood and experience that included cooking for four United States presidents. His show Dinner: Impossible quickly became a favourite on the cable channel Food Network.
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/ 21 February 2008
The British media are under the spotlight, accused of encouraging a flurry of apparent suicides by impressionable teenagers in and around the small town of Bridgend in the south Wales valleys. In little more than a year, 17 young people have been found dead, 16 of them hanged.
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/ 7 February 2008
Tens of thousands of people beat their chests in anguish at Benazir Bhutto’s tomb on Thursday as they marked the end of 40 days of mourning for the slain opposition leader. The solemn Muslim ceremonies at the family mausoleum in southern Pakistan marked the start of campaigning by her Pakistan People’s Party for elections on February 18.
Pakistan election officials were Wednesday poised to announce the date of crucial polls, thrown into chaos in the wake of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto’s assassination. A few hours later President Pervez Musharraf is to address the nation for the first time since her slaying at a campaign rally last week.
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/ 31 December 2007
Pakistan’s elections will be delayed by at least four weeks due to mass unrest after the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, a Cabinet official said on Monday. Other government and election officials confirmed that the January 8 polls would be postponed. Bhutto’s party rejected any delay.
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/ 31 December 2007
Pakistani officials were to meet on Monday to decide the fate of scheduled January 8 elections, after Benazir Bhutto’s party announced it would contest the vote despite her assassination. The vote, seen as a key step in the nuclear-armed nation’s transition back to democracy after eight years of military rule, has been thrown into disarray by her slaying.
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/ 30 December 2007
The son of slain Pakistan opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was chosen on Sunday to take the mantle of her party and immediately vowed to keep up what he called her struggle for democracy. At an emotional news conference where his father was named co-chair of the Pakistan People’s Party, 19-year-old Bilawal Bhutto said he was ready to lead.
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/ 30 December 2007
Pakistan’s political future hung in the balance on Sunday with Benazir Bhutto’s party deciding whether to pull out of planned elections amid an acrimonious dispute over how she was killed. Her husband and top party officials were also expected to name a successor to Bhutto as head of the country’s largest opposition party.
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/ 6 December 2007
Four 13th-century copies of the Magna Carta, considered to be one of the most important documents in the history of democracy, go on public display next week for the first time in nearly 800 years. The four, three of which date from 1217 and one from 1225, are held by Oxford University’s Bodleian Library.
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/ 6 December 2007
Climate scientists from around the world urged delegates at United Nations-led talks in Bali on Thursday to make deeper and swifter cuts to greenhouse emissions to prevent dangerous global warming. In a declaration, more than 200 scientists said governments had a window of only 10 to 15 years for global emissions to peak and decline.