The sense that the commissioners who nominated five candidates for appointment to the Constitutional Court voted for their constituencies, rather than with their conscience, is difficult to shake off.
After 30 years of research, the World Health Organisation is finally recommending the widespread use of a malaria vaccine
Ecosocialism will build solidarity with people to establish food and water commons, carbon-free public transport and community-owned renewable energy
‘We know what needs to be done, we just need to get on with what we need to do,’ said the former finance minister
The system needs to be more open and inclusive to give young people, civil society, the private sector, academia, and others a spot at the table
The Global Climate and Health Alliance says South Africa’s low score means there is room for improvement
Corporal Simanga Khuselo join the peacekeeping mission in the DRC to save money to build his family a home
Ugandan opposition leader’s popularity frightened Museveni into even greater autocracy
Wars and pandemics have managed to reduce global emissions in the past but delegates to COP 26 in Scotland will need to find other solutions
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Residents of Kabwe have been poisoned for decades and now UN experts have called for an urgent clean-up
The Food and Agriculture Organisation’s QU Dongyu says food systems have to be transformed to make them more resilient and inclusive.
With Mondays enforced as off-days from work in conflict-ridden Cameroon, gathering at dog meat eateries to consume the delicacy and drink alcohol has become a weekly pastime.
Draft text released for a post 2020 framework to guide biodiversity recovery as we enter the UN Decade of Restoration
Elizabeth Nyamayaro’s new book argues that the philosophy from Africa can change the way the West interacts with the continent it colonised, stereotypes and continues to misunderstand
He is spurning birthday presents to plant trees in Kenya, help protect African grey parrots
Critics argue that South Africa’s latest submission to the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is a unilateral and fraught exercise
Eswatini’s acting prime minister recently encouraged citizens to make use of an email address to express their concerns
Twenty-six years after the Beijing Declaration, which set the target for reaching gender balance in political decision-making, women are still underrepresented across all levels of power
Some climate adaptation and mitigation projects end up harming the natural environment and people, a new report warns
Suntosh Pillay speaks to fellow psychologist Anton Botha, who is also a former UN staff member, about Israel and Palestine and whether or not the United Nations is abdicating its duties to maintain peace
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent troops into Tigray in early November to disarm and detain leaders of the regional ruling party, the Tigray People’s Liberation Front
Malian officers upset with a government reshuffle have detained the president and prime minister at an army camp outside the capital
The cycles of violence can be broken by the truth, reparations and guarantees of peace for the victims of the war
The United Nations Population Fund is the world’s largest provider of contraception to poor countries. The UK’s cuts to the agency are almost three times more severe than anything imposed previously by the Trump administration
Human Rights Watch warns that learners may take years to recover from the damage caused by school closures
Investigation finds extensive abuse of power by men allegedly working at organisations such as the World Health Organisation
The Nakba began with the establishment of Israel in 1948 and has never ended. Palestinian are still removed from their land and their home and are still being killed and discriminated against
A Human Right Watch report recommends sanctions and UN commission to investigate Israeli apartheid practices
Setting up a continent-wide medicine regulator could be crucial to getting Africa’s people the treatments and Covid vaccines they need. Here’s why more countries need to put their weight behind it
NGOs are calling on the department of environment to introduce stricter measures for companies manufacturing and using plastic products
Reporters without Borders and others call on higher authorities to review prosecutor’s decision not to investigate the case