January 27, 2023
South Africa: Cheetahs Cleared for Take-Off After South Africa-India 'Extinction Reversal' Agreement
The ambitious conservation project offers the hope of creating vital new living space for wild cheetah populations but it has drawn both praise and criticism from experts and… Read more »
January 17, 2023
South Africa: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov Heads for Pretoria On His Africa Charm Offensive
Will it be business as usual when Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Monday pays his first visit to South Africa since his country invaded Ukraine almost a year ago? Read more »
January 12, 2023
Africa: Wagner Group Leads Russia's African Front in Cold War With the West
As men are being slaughtered on all sides in a grinding war of attrition for the control of destroyed Ukrainian cities, the new Cold War between Russia and the West is being played… Read more »
January 03, 2023
Rwanda: UK Court's Go-Ahead On Rwanda Asylum Plan a Major Setback for Human Rights
Mia Swart is Senior Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at Edge Hill University and Visiting Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand. Read more »
November 15, 2022
South Africa: South Africa Abstains From UN Resolution Demanding Russia Pay War Damage Reparations to Ukraine
Pretoria has so far abstained from every UN resolution addressing Russia's war against Ukraine. Read more »
November 07, 2022
South Africa: US Treasury Sanctions Four 'Members of ISIS Cell in South Africa'
Four Durban men were named by the US Treasury on Monday as allegedly being part of an Isis cell in South Africa. Four companies linked to the men have also been added to US… Read more »
October 27, 2022
South Africa: Western Embassies Repeat U.S. Warning of Possible Terror Attack in Sandton
The South African government has downplayed the US embassy's warning of a possible terrorist attack in Sandton on Saturday but other Western embassies are taking the threat more… Read more »
October 12, 2022
South Africa: Country Abstains On a UN General Assembly Resolution Condemning Russia - Again
South Africa abstained from a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning Russia for its holding of referendums in four occupied Ukrainian provinces last month before… Read more »
September 14, 2022
South Africa: UK Welcomes Open Debate About Its Colonial Past, Says High Commissioner to SA
Antony Phillipson was responding to the debate Queen Elizabeth's death has provoked about her legacy in South Africa, as in other former colonies, with some commentators seeing her… Read more »
September 11, 2022
Africa: Now That the Queen Is Dead, What Will Happen to the Commonwealth?
Many of the Commonwealth's member nations are likely to be doubtful about the prospect of a rather unconvincing King Charles III -- especially when viewed against the backdrop of a… Read more »
September 08, 2022
South Africa: How Meeting the Queen Made Me Pity Her
For a second, with all the trappings of her gilded cage stripped away, she seemed both vulnerable and old. I experienced a sudden surge of affection for this short, hunched,… Read more »
South Africa: The Death of Britain's Queen Elizabeth Definitively Ends the Age of Empire
Buckingham Palace has confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II died peacefully at her Balmoral residence on the afternoon of Thursday, 8 September. For her former subjects across the… Read more »
August 21, 2022
South Africa: Govt Takes On EU in Dispute Over Stringent New Regulations On Exporting Oranges
The South African citrus industry, which employs more than 140,000 workers and generates about R30-billion in export revenue, is under threat after the EU suddenly introduced… Read more »
July 31, 2022
Africa: Activists at Aids Conference Protest 'Systemic Racism' Behind Visa Denials and Lack of Funding Driving New Deaths
'Another minute, another death! AIDS is not over!' chant protestors as controversy engulfs an international AIDS conference in Canada. Read more »
July 24, 2022
Africa: Continent's Support of Russian Invasion Extraordinary After Colonial Past
Many Africans seem ambivalent about Putin's attempts to recreate Russia's empire, even though colonialism caused the African continent so much personal pain and injury, and seeded… Read more »
July 18, 2022
Africa: Russia's 'Weaponisation' of Food Threatens Livelihood of Millions in Vulnerable Countries
Russia's war against Ukraine has become not only a clear and present danger to international law but also a threat to global food security. Read more »
Africa: Putin Approval Needed for UN Deal to Release 20 Million Tons of Blockaded Ukrainian Grain
The agreement hinges on Russian President Vladimir Putin's approval, which the UN hopes will happen on Tuesday. This could have a major impact on the global food crisis which the… Read more »
South Africa: Peter Hain Proposes UK Ban On Global Consultancies Implicated in State Capture
Britain's Lord Peter Hain has proposed legislation to ban Bain & Co and other global consultancies from winning public sector tenders in the UK because of their role in South… Read more »
July 12, 2022
Africa: Only Putin Can End the Global Food Crisis, Says UK's Minister for Africa
The major food shortages and spikes in food prices were 'entirely the result of Russia's blockade of Ukraine's ports', the UK's Minister for Africa has told journalists. Read more »
Africa: Continent Becoming the Greatest Casualty of Russia's War in Ukraine
Ukraine supplies a tenth of global wheat exports and about 95% of those exports left the country through the Black Sea ports. Russia has blocked the export of millions of tonnes of… Read more »
July 05, 2022
South Africa: UN Development Agency Slammed for Support of 'Flawed' Chinese Industrial Mega-Project in Limpopo
Representatives of a group of civil society organisations are calling for the United Nations Development Programme to retract a Memorandum of Understanding signed with the… Read more »
July 03, 2022
Africa: Sweden, Clinton Health Access Initiative Launch U.S.$34 Million Healthcare Partnership
Africa has 16% of the world's population and accounts for 23% of the global disease burden, but its spending on health is 1% that of total global health expenditure. Read more »
June 30, 2022
South Africa: Qatar Airways Sees Green Shoots in Tough, Money-Guzzling Aviation Industry
The domestic aviation industry has taken down SA Express, Mango Airlines, Kulula and British Airways in recent months. Now Qatar Airways has plans to grow its exposure in the… Read more »
June 19, 2022
Rwanda: Ramaphosa to Skip Commonwealth Summit in Kigali
South Africa's President will not be able to attend this week's Commonwealth heads of government meeting in Kigali. But his office insists it's no snub to Rwandan President Paul… Read more »
South Africa: COP26 President to Visit South Africa to Accelerate Just Energy Transition Partnership
Alok Sharma, the head of the global climate summit, will visit South Africa this week to boost implementation of the energy transition project, designed to help the country move… Read more »