Business

Retired women in South Africa carry a huge burden of poverty

Bomikazi Zeka, University of Canberra South Africa’s president, Cyril Ramaphosa, recently acknowledged that “South Africa needs a new consensus... Read more

6 Mar, 2022

Countries

‘Unprecedented’ attacks hound Eritrean refugees in war-hit Ethiopia

Semera – The scene has become all-too-common during Ethiopia’s drawn-out war: thousands of Eritrean refugees, shell-shocked and separated from loved... Read more

28 Feb, 2022

Countries

PICS | Horn of Africa drought drives at least 13 million to hunger

Nairobi – Vast swathes of land stretching from southern Ethiopia to northern Kenya and Somalia are in the grip of... Read more

23 Feb, 2022

Countries

‘Life is painful here!’, – Women live in fear and despair in South African hostel

Alexandra – In one of South Africa’s roughest townships, an overcrowded and dilapidated housing complex has maintained one rule... Read more

19 Feb, 2022

Countries

South Africa’s census starts with the homeless

Johannesburg – “There will be no more lying,” said Masechaba Thebe, a 33-year-old, whose home is the perilous streets... Read more

3 Feb, 2022

Burkina Faso

‘No choice’: Burkina miners toil in Ouagadougou quarry

Ouagadougou – Dust and toxic fumes billow from a cavernous, ashy granite quarry in the centre of Burkina Faso’s... Read more

31 Jan, 2022

World

Desperate Afghans queue for free bread as poverty crisis deepens

Kabul – In the early hours of each morning, Muhajira rushes in freezing temperatures to a modest bakery in the... Read more

18 Jan, 2022

Business

In Liberia, abandoned hotel stands as symbol of haunted past

Monrovia – Towering above Liberia’s ramshackle capital Monrovia stands a hotel that once symbolised an African dream yet today... Read more

10 Jan, 2022

Business

UN says 30% of Sudan’s people will need aid next year

Khartoum – Thirty percent of Sudan’s population will need humanitarian aid next year, the UN warned in a report... Read more

6 Dec, 2021

Agriculture

Nearly 17m Nigerians face food insecurity, says report

Lagos – Nearly 17 million Nigerians are projected to be either at crisis or emergency levels of food insecurity next... Read more

9 Nov, 2021