South Africa, Africa

South African National Parks (SANParks) controversially auctioned off 47 metric tonnes (mt) of stockpiled ivory on 6 November, earning the government...

The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is on the brink of slipping back into the kind of devastating international war that raged from 1998 to 2003,...

A new study estimates that more than 330,000 HIV-positive South Africans lost their lives between 2000 and 2005 as a direct result of government...

I really wanted to celebrate Barack Obama's victory for a day or so before becoming cynical again. But, he has chosen as his chief of staff, one of...

It remains remarkable that although atheism was only recently defined, its precepts are as old as our reliance upon gods and the occult, devised in...

Every once in a while, a miracle cuts through unyielding adversity to deliver a moment of hope. Barack Obama's rise to America's highest office...

The South African government should aim for free universal education, backed up by teacher training so as to make a significant impact on the quality...

People in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, prefer to commute in three-wheeled autorickshaws, taxis and buses that run on compressed natural gas...

Many regard Agrofuels as an opportunity to unleash Africa's agricultural potential, but crops are grown to meet the needs of a global energy market,...

Grace Mashaba, 60, is the founder of the Amazing Grace Children's Home in the town of Malelane, in South Africa's northeastern province of...