Good news stories of 2023

The Washington Post and Yolande Du Preez|Published

Picture: Luis Tato / AFP / Taken on August 18, 2023 – KENYA: Young Maasai men perform their traditional jumping dance as they gather during the Eunoto ceremony in ...

Food insecurity in Africa: Impact of Nato-driven politics

Opinion|Published

Picture: PACOME PABANDJI (AFP/File) - In a previous report, the UN said 42% of Central Africans were in urgent need of food in order to head off a humanitarian tragedy ...

UN, ICC impotency emboldens perpetrators of war crimes

Opinion|Published

Picture: Picture: Oupa Mokoena / African News Agency (ANA) - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. By Dr André Thomashausen South Africa, last Wednesday, ...

Global anti-apartheid movement aims to hold Israel accountable

Opinion|Published

Picture: Oupa Mokoena/African News Agency (ANA) - A new global anti-apartheid movement against Israel is set to be formed. By Roshan DadooUnder the openly far right, ...

Israeli-Palestinian conflict tests SA’s foreign policy

Bheki Mngomezulu|Published

Picture: AFP - Gaza has been burning for the last few days since Hamas launched an attack on Israel. By Prof Bheki Mngomezulu The architecture of South Africa’s ...

US policy in Asia has played a role in revival of Russia-China-North Korea axis

Opinion|Published

Picture: Stock image - As such, the war in Ukraine seems to have brought North Korea and Russia closer, especially as they find themselves under US-imposed economic ...

BRICS: 15th Summit was a watershed moment

David Monyae|Published

Picture: Itumeleng English / African News Agency (ANA) - The BRICS Summit was held at the Sandton Convention Centre held in Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg, ...

De-dollarisation needs more debate

Professor Bonke Dumisa|Published

Picture: Itumeleng English / African News Agency (ANA) - The BRICS summit week can be realistically said to have been very successful under the circumstances, says ...

BRICS: Economy to dominate agenda in shaping a new world order

Opinion|Published

Picture: Stock image - Over the past several years, despite the creation of the New Development Bank and some of the initiatives to boost economic ties between BRICS ...

When TV crime mirrors daily life in Modi's India

Opinion|Published

Picture: Supplied - India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi can go abroad and promote India as the world's largest democracy all he likes, but the situation at home ...

Challenging SA’s moral standing on African affairs

Opinion|Published

File picture: Kopano Tlape/GCIS - President Cyril Ramaphosa with African Union Commission chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat at luncheon meeting at his Mahlamba Ndlopfu ...

Does Aborted Mutiny Spell the End for Putin?

Opinion|Published

Picture: Mikhail Metzel /SPUTNI/AFP - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends the opening of new health facilities via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, ...

The world's financial architecture is failing Africa

Opinion|Published

Photo: REUTERS/Esa Alexander - A man counts Nigerian naira notes in a market place as people struggle with the economic hardship and cashflow problems ahead of Nigeria's ...

China and Palestine: no to ‘piecemeal crisis management’

Opinion|Published

Picture: Jade GAO / POOL / AFP - China's President Xi Jinping, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas during a welcoming ceremony at the Great ...

Attempt to derail BRICS Summit a litmus test for SA

Opinion|Published

Picture: Supplied - South Africa has no interest in gambling on its future role and opportunities in the BRICS and should ensure that the BRICS Summit is welcome ...

A New Agenda for Peace: Making Peace Plural and Healing Historical Traumas

Opinion|Published

Wyatt Souers/via Peoples Dispatch: Thousands marched in Washington DC on March 18 to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and to demand peace ...

Brazil’s Lula reaches out to China and Russia, stoking US unease

Opinion|Published

Picture: Sergio Lima / AFP) - In this file photo taken on February 3, 2023, Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is presented with the credentials of China's ...

Children Cried, Racism Thrived, Democracy Died – 10 Terrible Days in Tennessee

Opinion|Published

Picture: REUTERS/Cheney Orr//File Photo - Protesters gather outside the Tennessee State Capitol to call for an end to gun violence and support stronger gun laws ...

10 Years, 40 Meetings: What to Expect From Xi Jinping’s Visit to Russia for Talks With Putin

Opinion|Published

REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina - Russian President Vladimir Putin attempts to shake hands with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, ...