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latest news & developmentsSouth Africa is eager to facilitate Russia-Ukraine peace talks, says minister Lamola
The international relations minister pressed the point after talks with British Foreign Secretary, David Lammy.
Re-evaluating US and UK military support for Israel
Powerful nations pontificate against human rights abuses when it suits them but funding the war against civilians in Gaza appears to be an acceptable hypocrisy
Democracy is worth defending in the face of multiple attacks from Russia and Iran to North Korea and the US
Authoritarian would-be emperors such as Putin and Jinping and the US’s military-industrial complex erode the open society and its values of individual freedoms
Even the mind of Dante could not imagine the inferno a nuclear war will plunge us into
The pursuit of peace and progress, with its trial and errors, its success and setbacks, can never be relaxed and never abandoned
North Korea fires ‘missile’, insists on right to weapons tests
The projectile was fired from the northern province of Jagang into waters off the east coast
Where do Africans study abroad?
China is becoming the preferred destination for countries such as Ghana and Nigeria
North Korea hails ‘historic’ Kim-Trump summit
Kim and Trump shook hands over the concrete slabs dividing North and South before Trump walked a few paces into Pyongyang’s territory
Nuclear stalemate one year after Trump-Kim summit — analysts
In Singapore, Kim signed a vaguely-worded deal on denuclearisation, touted by Trump as a historic breakthrough
North Korea slams ‘war maniac’ Bolton
North Korea has sought to raise the pressure and carried out two short-range missile tests earlier this month
Zimbabwe begins exhuming victims of Gukurahundi massacre
The targets were mainly from the Ndebele ethnic group, perceived as backing a rival to Mugabe, who is from the majority Shona group
Kim, Putin vow to seek closer ties at first talks
The two leaders shook hands and shared smiles as they met and gave brief statements before heading in for the talks
UN: North Korea food production ‘lowest for a decade’
Adding to the sanctions against them, North Korea’s struggle to feed itself has hit a new low.
Banyana seek redemption against Czechs
Banyana Banyana take on the Czech Republic on Monday afternoon in what they will view as a crucial match in the development of the team
Trump ‘walks’ as North Korea talks end abruptly without deal
The much-anticipated second meeting between the two leaders was supposed to build on their historic first summit in Singapore
Trump promises North Korea ‘awesome’ future ahead of nuclear talks
Trump’s enthusiastic tweet came hours before a second summit in Hanoi to build on the historic first meeting in Singapore in June