Strategic ties to Russia will be worth little if it resorts to the use of nuclear bombs in its war in Ukraine
Defence minister justifies her visit to Moscow amid war in Ukraine
The Trafficking in Persons report says Cuba benefits financially from its ‘coercive’ labour export programmes to 66 countries
The Monusco’s failure to protect civilians against violent attacks and the lack of action from the government are among the factors fuelling people’s rage
The state’s capacity to counter threats, including those posed by immigration, must be strengthened, the former intelligence minister said at the ANC policy conference
Four pro-democracy activists have been executed by the military, while at least 11 759 people have been detained and many have been sentenced to death
The changes needed to achieve sustainable well-being for everyone are so big, they require people everywhere to put pressure on governments which must respond or be replaced by it.
Africa, which has millions of people using mobile financial services and a young population who are radical adopters and innovators in everything digital, has huge potential to use next-generation technology for social good.
Education is key to giving our children a chance to navigate, and thrive in, a complex modernity
The principles of pacifism, justice and international cooperation could help rebalance the scales of global politics away from racist wars and toward a peaceful future
The World Health Organisation dismisses the “five second rule” as part of drive to prevent illness and death from bad food
The AU lacked a security apparatus of its own and Nato and the West were only too happy to step into the breach
An investigation by the auditor general into the defence department’s records found that a lack of accountability and consequence management is rife
When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, was not that the moment for the United Nations to send its secretary general to Moscow to demand a ceasefire?
The fact that mass killings should still take place in our modern world shows that we need to do more to oppose it
Liubov Abravitova welcomed the belated telephone conversation and said Zelenskiy made plain that this was Russia’s war, with consequences for the whole world
Although destruction tends to dominate headlines, we engage in thousands of acts of creation every single day
With Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the world order has been upended – and South Africa needs to think carefully about how it positions itself
These are the veto power of the Security Council, major powers ignore the UN and the UN secretary general cannot favour either side in the war
The way in which countries worked together and marshalled resources to address the pandemic shows that big challenges can be addressed if there is political will
In World War I, millions of people fled Germany and millions fled when Germany occupied their countries; in Ukraine, it’s estimated four million will flee; and around the world there are 30 million refugees
Sanctions against Russia, and that country’s blockades of ports, may affect gas, precious metals and wheat supplies – but it also allows Africa to step into the gap
If holding a gun to a nation’s head may be justified on the grounds of avoiding human death and suffering, where was their gun when the Rohingyas were murdered and fled from their homes in Myanmar or when a US drone killed Afghan civilians?
But others argue that the conservation plan will amount to the ‘biggest land grab in history’
There are wars in Africa and Asia and some are rarely commented on in the media, so why is Ukraine different?
Cape Town draped its city hall in blue and yellow, the colours of Ukraine.
Politics have come in the way of South Africa upholding its commitment to international criminal justice as the ANC reconsiders its 2016 threat to leave the international criminal court
Desperate, hungry and thirsty, more and more people are flocking to Baidoa from rural areas of southern Somalia, one of the regions hardest hit by the drought that is engulfing the Horn of Africa.
Democratic countries that are committed to human rights must take decisive action to pressure India to quell its abuses and protect minority communities.
Some human rights organisations are enabling toxicity to harmful degrees
In 2019 Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir was ousted after a massive wave of protests. But the generals who replaced him won’t hand over power. Now the flames of revolution are being rekindled.
Institutions and nonprofits have stepped in to provide training, manuals and other support.