With respect, your recent statements regarding the war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carry the tone of pre-hostile rhetoric laced with accusatory language, ethnic insinuation and indirect justification of violence
The first two months of the Israel-Gaza war exceeded the individual annual carbon footprints of more than 20 of the world’s most climate-vulnerable nations.
The Ukrainian president cut short a trip to South Africa after Russian drone and missile strikes which killed at least eight people and injured about 80
The economic consequences of Sudan’s diplomatic isolation restricts access to aid which, combined with war, are dire – worsened by social fractures that fuel military instability
Israel is using water as a weapon of war in Gaza
The country should be aware of its limitations and rather address its problems at home
The 11th binational commission also saw a call for South Africa to shore up peace efforts on Sudan
A child-rights-based approach to education in disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration programmes gives children the tools for healing, belonging and participation in peacebuilding
Media groups urge action to protect those risking their lives to document the crisis in Gaza
With nearly 2 500 people killed in recent Israeli strikes on Lebanon, nobody in the country is safe, and the only help for Africans is from other migrant workers
The attack claimed more than 1 200 lives, while more than 41 000 people, the majority civilians, have been killed in Israel’s war on Gaza
While Israel enjoys the backing of the US and impunity for its crimes, the risk of a wider conflagration in the Middle East is high
The DRC is rich in the minerals needed for renewable energy technologies, central to reducing our carbon footprint, but they come at great environmental and human cost
He died before I could share with him my growing interest in the wonders of South African music
Israel and its Western allies – including the media – have lied or spread the lies about the occupier’s intentions and its actions against Palestinians
Photographer Ala Kheir was using his camera to document the scars of Sudan’s old wars. Then came the new war.
A new book examines the use and abuse of military intelligence gathering in Africa
Heavy bombardment, and a ground invasion launched three weeks into the war, have reduced vast areas of Gaza to a ruined wasteland and killed at least 21,822 people, mostly women and children, according to the health ministry
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s visit to the United States was received a quieter reception that that of the previous year
We supported sanctions against the apartheid regime, but should we be boycotting individuals in the arts and sports, when it is their governments that wage wars?
As 250 000 people fled air strikes, street battles, looting and sexual violence, property owners in the Egyptian capital saw an opportunity
South Africa’s part in World War I shows the importance of collective memory in recalling the ignored names of those who died in service
The slowdown will probably influence the central bank’s decision on interest rates
About a million desperate public sector workers have had to survive on their savings or social aid networks
The rand’s fall after the US’s Russian arms claims shows South Africa can’t risk taking a side
As a country, our struggling economy is hitched to both the prospects of the East and the West. Being frozen out by any of them, would be punishing for all
The fledgling Red Cross Military Identification Programme aims to collaborate with non-state and state military groups to establish DNA profiling of combatants before deployment
Seeing upfront the consequences of violent conflict for people – for generations – is shocking
This was evident in the British prime minister’s speech at the lord mayor’s banquet, which customarily focuses on foreign policy
Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda was serving a nine-year prison sentence in Russia. So how did he end up dying in combat in Ukraine?
The M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, have expanded their attacks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Rich in resources but largely unrecognised, those in the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic eke out a livelihood under harsh conditions.