Unisa lecturers have been taking free learning to the townships since 2009, helping to boost small businesses in impoverished communities.
A Somali militant group with links to al-Qaeda on Monday announced it had banned three Christian aid agencies from its territory.
Restrictions prohibiting HIV-positive people from obtaining visas or permits to travel or work abroad adds to the global stigma around HIV.
A powerful cyclone that slammed into Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta triggered a massive wave that gave people nowhere to run, killing at least 15Â 000 and leaving 30Â 000 others…
A passenger plane carrying 85 people crashed into a crowded neighbourhood in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) town of Goma on Tuesday, and only six survivors have…
Four days after Cyclone Sidr killed more than 2 500 people in Bangladesh, rescuers were struggling to reach isolated areas along the country’s devastated coast and give aid to…
A powerful cyclone ripped through Bangladesh on Friday leaving a trail of destruction that claimed an estimated 1Â 000 lives and caused hundreds of thousands to flee the strong…
Relief agency World Vision has scaled back its operations in South Darfur after its staff suffered three attacks within a week, an agency official said on Thursday. ”World Vision…
Natural disasters are far more destructive than wars, and the damage will only worsen unless drastic change is taken to address global climate change, a former United Nations…
