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Malawi’s aid vacuum draws new actors
As Western donors pull back and food insecurity deepens in the landlocked south-eastern African nation, the rise of a UK-registered Islamic charity is exposing both the necessity…
SA’s agricultural export growth cools slightly in second quarter of 2024
Despite this drop, trade figures remain encouraging, but various departments need to address policy and other issues to boost exports
Talkin’ bout a revolution: The cases of Bangladesh, Kenya and Nigeria
Leaders need to learn to listen and swiftly enter into discussions with the masses, otherwise they will face protests, which can be devastating
In the face of climate change, extreme heat is a human rights crisis
National and local governments should adopt and implement heat action plans to guide heatwave preparation and emergency response
Kenyan aims to be first woman, African to lead UN maritime body
Nancy Karigithu is one of seven contenders pitching for the top job at the International Maritime Organisation
Cricket World Cup: Do the Proteas tick all the boxes?
South Africa must prove they can hold their nerve when the T20 World Cup kicks off on Friday
India today: A place between hope and despair
Diversity is especially meant to be celebrated on India’s Republic Day, 26 January. But another legacy haunts the Indian republic — the colonial policy of divide and rule, of…
After India: The countries on the brink of another Covid oxygen crisis
The need for medical oxygen to treat Covid-19 patients in low- and middle-income countries has more than doubled in the past two months, and many of these countries faced oxygen…
Surviving Covid-19 — and Modi
A religious and nationalist agenda has replaced the promise of development and left India ill-equipped to manage the pandemic
We must fight the scourge of child domestic labour
More than 17-million children around the world are involved in domestic labour. The recent death of 17-year-old Salome Zacharia in Tanzania highlights their plight
Discrediting elections: Why the opposition playbook carries risks
By pushing their usually valid complaints onto the streets and the courts, opposition leaders deny governments the popular goodwill and international credibility they need to…
Cellphones the front line for gender equality
Access to cellphones is not an end in itself. Rather, it is a way to level the playing field not only through knowledge, but also through connection
Orange is the new grey for Bangladeshi beards
Facial hair of sunset tones is now the go-to look for older men wanting to take off the years, with an array of henna options available
‘Harsh words’ in store for South Africa flops, warns Du Plessis
The Proteas slumped to a 21 run defeat in the Cricket World Cup to leave their campaign in shambles
World’s rivers loaded with antibiotics waste: study
Scientists found one or more common antibiotics in two-thirds of 711 samples taken from rivers in 72 countries