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Africa has a gift the world still needs
The demographic case is equally striking. More than 60% of Africans are under 25. By 2050, one in three people aged 15 to 24 anywhere on Earth will be African. A continent this…
Editorial: The high cost of war
The war in the Middle East isn’t coming to our doorstep- it is already here. You will feel it at the pumps, in the supermarket aisles and in your beer mug. The ripple effect of…
Voices under Siege: Standing with Kashmir
Just as apartheid could not be normalised by time or silence, neither can the systematic denial of human rights in Kashmir
UNSC resolution a betrayal of Western Sahara
The International Court of Justice’s 1975 advisory opinion affirmed that no ties of sovereignty existed between Morocco and Western Sahara, yet 50 years later, the UN’s actions…
UN credibility crisis: The US veto shields Israel’s destruction of Gaza
The United Nations Security Council needs reform. The US has, since 1946, exercised its veto more than 80 times, many of those to block resolutions critical of Israel
Kashmir’s ‘Black Day’ a reminder that the freedom struggle continues
The people of Kashmir and Palestine have suffered oppression for many decades, both starting with the British and then by India and Israel, respectively
GNU is key to securing global goodwill and investment, says Lamola
South Africa cannot squander the positive sentiment the governing coalition has garnered around the world, the minister said
Africa stakes its place
Cyril Ramaphosa’s trip abroad this week included arguing for Africa to be given a permanent seat in the United Nations Security Council
Beyond Africa’s permanent membership of the UN Security Council
What Africa could gain from the Summit of the Future to nurture good governance on the continent.
War on Gaza shows the bias of the ‘international community’
Over the past few weeks we have witnessed a disturbing trend of a collective blind eye being turned to history
Africa must have permanent representation on UN Security Council
The British high commissioner to South Africa reflects on the value of the United Nations for the UK and South Africa to achieve shared objectives
South Africa willing to facilitate peace in Israel-Hamas war
Pretoria does not believe its disparate views on the conflict will affect relations with the US
Brazil’s Lula calls for end to Ukraine war
President criticises UN Security Council over handling of other conflicts and says Brazil is ready to help secure an immediate ceasefire and long-term peace
Ramaphosa’s Russia-Ukraine peace initiative to kick off in June
Envoys from six African states will shuttle between Kyiv and Moscow to try to secure a ceasefire and peace talks
Russia denies weapons were loaded onto the Lady R
The Russian embassy says the claims are part of a campaign to move South Africa from its non-aligned position on the war in Ukraine