Presidential, legislative and provincial elections had been scheduled for Sunday but on Thursday the election commission ordered the postponement
Graça Machel is the example of someone reaching out to other women and lifting them up
Reducing the carbon footprint of farming will take more than some individual action
The two-week talks are tasked with breathing life into the 2015 Paris Agreement, which vows to cap global warming at ‘well under’ two degrees Celsius
The United States and at least 16 other countries either opted out or expressed concerns, with some claiming the pact infringes national sovereignty
A new report by Amnesty International has urged governments around the world to prioritise making resources available for the empowerment of women
The 70th anniversary of the declaration is a critical time to reaffirm its importance and guarantee its continued relevance
Women have to unite in a country and parts of the world where the ultimate subjugation is death
New calculations by the UN’s top science panel sharply reduce the real-world potential for drawing CO2 out of the air
The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the UN weather agency’s annual flagship report, tracks the content of dangerous gases in the atmosphere
‘In many areas, urban space is, by default, male space’
The mountain gorilla has been moved from the ‘critically endangered’ category to ‘endangered’
Today more journalists are murdered because of their reporting than die in war zones
President Donald Trump’s administration re-imposed sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal
They are more vulnerable than adults and the effect for their wellbeing is life-long
The death toll from South Sudan’s civil war is nearly eight times higher than previously thought
The United Nations said a day earlier it aimed to relaunch the talks within a month, after a previous attempt collapsed in September
Political tensions are rising in the DRC before the long-delayed December 23 election to select a successor to President Joseph Kabila
The NMU has launched a meticulously researched diploma that addresses the many critical issues of technical training
We have long believed that education is important, but we, as a nation, are yet to be convinced that reading for pleasure is just as vital
One-size-fits-all solutions cannot fix the myriad problems facing the Central African Republic
To stay abreast in these confusing times, the public service must be empowered to act
After 20 years of bloody conflict and grim stalemate, the Ethiopia-Eritrea border is bustling once again
A UN report warns about the effect of global warming but says the tools exist to avert this fate
The country’s successful reduction of greenhouse gas emissions is an example that needs to be followed
When the state fails to deliver on its promises, the people will inevitably rise up to take what’s theirs
The continent will have to chart its own way, not following the examples of Europe and North America, if it is to reach its targets
In a historic first, the UN just held a high-level meeting on TB. There was one on lifestyle diseases too. But did these sittings achieve anything?
Authorities say Viktoria Marinova died from blows to the head and suffocation
Fernando Alban was in pretrial detention Monday at the time of his death, which the government presented as a suicide
The state is using famine as a weapon of war but SA abstained in a UN human rights resolution
Nikki Haley is the latest departure from President Donald Trump’s national security team