At least 139 migrants, mostly Ethiopians, have died and another 84 remain missing after a boat carrying 305 capsized off the coast of Djibouti, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said today. “This tragedy is a stark reminder...
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have arrested or detained dozens of women for alleged violations of dress codes and restrictions on appearing in public without a male guardian, the UN mission in the country says. The Washington Post reports...
OCTOBER A group of 72 retired US generals, admirals and other high-ranking written an open letter to the government opposing plans to livestream an execution by tagon announced last week that it would publicly show the 3 December...
OCTOBER The Korea Jooang Daily reports that a motor bridge between North Korea
ANALYSIS One economy is trying to pull back from a looming fiscal cliff with limited space and has received credit ratings upgrades for its efforts at a time when such stamps of approval have become an endangered species on the global...
contracting 0.2% in the second quarter this year. On Tuesday, 13 October, the International Monetary Fund revised its growth forecast for South Africa for this year down a notch to a woeful 1.0% and projected just 1.3% for next year. But...
On 1 October, a jubilant mood reigned at the unveiling of the new Pfukani Mobile Clinic in Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, as cancer advocates, local residents, health workers and traditional leaders packed a community...
does to our bodies. Talk to us. Not just about us,” Makua says. ‘I wish they could see what I face’ Meanwhile, in Bushbuckridge, as fog rolls over the Mpumalanga escarpment, Shongwe says: “I’m just happy with the government for starting this...
