‘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
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
The NMU has launched a meticulously researched diploma that addresses the many critical issues of technical training
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
Earth’s surface has warmed 1°C and is on track toward an unliveable 3°C or 4°C rise
It’s a war, despite all the setbacks, that the UN is winning — that the UN, even if it shies away from using the “W” word, must win.
For any democracy to be meaningful, its people need access to trustworthy information produced in a free and pluralistic environment
Authorities set a tentative deadline of Friday to find anyone still trapped under rubble
Of hundreds of climate models in 2015 projecting a low-carbon future, only two or three aimed for a 1.5℃ global warming cap
The Democratic Republic of the Congo has not known a peaceful transition of power since independence from Belgium in 1960
The continent’s farmers have to become more resilient to survive changing climate patterns and extreme weather events
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The continent must develop technologies for cooling that don’t contribute to global warming
The US is prepared to slap financial sanctions and criminal charges on officials of the court, says National Security Adviser John Bolton