World Up to 40 aid workers killed in Myanmar since 2021 coup: UN Geneva — UN human rights chief Volker Turk said on Thursday up to 40 aid workers have been killed... Read more 6 Jul, 2023
Countries Dangerous and degrading: pit toilets blight SA schools Kanana – Schools across rural South Africa have perilous and degrading pit latrines – a heritage of the apartheid... Read more 5 Jul, 2023
World Climate change spells ‘terrifying’ future: UN rights chief Geneva — Climate change threatens to deliver a “truly terrifying” dystopian future of hunger and suffering, the United Nations’... Read more 3 Jul, 2023
World Eight Mexican soldiers accused in case of missing students Mexico City — A Mexican judge on Monday ordered the further detainment of eight military personnel taken into custody... Read more 27 Jun, 2023
Countries Eswatini top court backs LGBTQ group in ‘monumental’ ruling Mbabane – Eswatini’s top court on Friday ruled in favour of an LGBTQ group seeking official recognition, in a... Read more 18 Jun, 2023
World Millions of Chinese students sit gruelling college entrance exams Beijing — Millions of Chinese students sit for notoriously tough college entrance exams on Wednesday, the first since the... Read more 7 Jun, 2023
Countries ‘Free speech is now dead’ – Zimbabwe adopts ‘draconian’ law banning govt criticism Harare – Zimbabwe’s parliament approved a controversial law that ostensibly promotes patriotism but has been denounced by the opposition... Read more 1 Jun, 2023
Countries Police evict asylum-seekers camped outside UN refugee office in Pretoria Pretoria – South African police on Friday evicted more than a hundred asylum seekers camping for over three years... Read more 21 Apr, 2023
Countries Zimbabwe’s top lawyer unwavering in face of power Harare – Lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa cuts a short figure, but she appears fearless in her work as Zimbabwe’s best-known... Read more 28 Mar, 2023
Countries 66 die at Kinshasa’s main jail from January Kinshasa – Sixty-six inmates have perished in a packed prison in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) capital this... Read more 28 Feb, 2023