Fighting Hunger and Obesity in Africa Nov 7, 2017 International By Tim Wainwright London — I started work this morning feeling disillusioned. A report had hit my desk that painted a very bleak picture of the state of the world's health - and for a moment I was over-whelmed...
South Africa: Threats Against Jacques Pauw’s Book Signify Zuma’s Increasing Desperation Nov 6, 2017 International From the moment it became clear the ANC's leadership race was going to be between Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma and Deputy President Cyril Ramphosa, it was known that the intelligence services would play an oversized ...
South Africa: Protecting the Precious Philippi Aquifer Nov 1, 2017 International By Maryatta Wegerif Visiting Johan Terblanche's Farm in the Philippi Horticultural Area (PHA) is like landing in a huge vegetable basket. There's food everywhere. At 7am it's just beginning to get light, but a...
Malaria Campaign Saving Young Lives in Nigeria Oct 31, 2017 International Following an 8-year conflict in north-eastern Nigeria, two-thirds of health facilities have been completely or partially destroyed leaving some 3.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) at risk of life-th...
Somali Troops End Hotel Siege, 23 Dead as Wave of Violence Continues Oct 30, 2017 International MOGADISHU, Somalia — Somali security forces have ended a night-long siege at a Mogadishu hotel by five extremist attackers who stormed the building after a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehic...
