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Farmworkers feel heat as SA wine industry eyes climate change
As vineyards strategise to keep the famous export flowing, farmworkers – seven of whom died recently of heat stroke – fear more extreme conditions. ... -
Open letter from leading scientists and academics to President Museveni: “the science is clear – homosexuality is natural and normal”
Dear President Museveni, You recently made a call for a scientific opinion to establish if homosexuality is natural, or learned – to help you ... -
What Will Happen in Sudan?
The current crisis exposes the motives of the men with guns. It requires, paradoxically, the intervention of a distracted international community that has done ... -
In Zimbabwe, a struggling media is a target for capture
With elections looming, private media, once staunch critics of the ruling party, are increasingly open to elite persuasion. Harare, Zimbabwe – A recent exposé, ... -
Back to the future in the Great Lakes: Who’s backing the M23?
In May 2013, the M23 surrendered to a multinational onslaught in eastern Congo-Kinshasa. Is history repeating itself? The Congolese National Armed Forces (FARDC) reinforce ... -
Why we’re taking the UK’s asylum seekers: Rwanda’s explanation
Our detractors have chosen to misconstrue the reasons behind our partnership with London, not least one of our neighbours. In the years preceding and ...