Ato Hammond, a 56-year-old Ghanaian businessman, had battled severe heart disease for years. Doctors advised surgery, but he ...

The World Health Organization calls cholera a disease of poverty, as it thrives where there is poor sanitation and a lack of ...

The World Population Policies report by UN DESA highlights the contrasting demographic challenges of high fertility in ...

In October 2024, at the most recent BRICS summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin urged the countries of the “global South” to build an alternative to the existing global order. Chinese President Xi ...

From the emergence of the United States on the world stage until World War II, American foreign policy towards Africa was marked by neglect and disinterest. However, post-1945, the containment of ...

In The World After Gaza, the acclaimed writer unpicks the 'savagery aided by the world's richest and most powerful ...

As the world marks 140 years since the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, it is crucial to reflect on the enduring legacy of this event, particularly in East Africa. The conference, which aimed to divide ...

In a new cycle of escalating security threats in the eastern arc of the African continent and its adjacent southern regions, the dynamics of local and ...

Fiscal space is not just an accounting term-it is the margin of safety within which a country can pursue development ...

South Africa must build trade relationships more widely owing to the risks to the economy from the tariffs imposed by the US administration under President Donald Trump, says business lobby ...

Growth is projected to increase from 5.1 percent in 2024 to 5.7 percent in ...

They must also be more careful in the way they use livestock manure and other forms of organic waste to fertilise the soil or ...