World

5 years ago | April 26, 2019

Tropical tree losses persist at high levels

AROUND 12 million hectares of forest in the world’s tropical regions were lost in 2018, equivalent to 30 football fields ...

5 years ago | April 12, 2019

Omar al-Bashir: Sudan ruler toppled after protests

AFTER nearly 30 years in power, Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir has been ousted and arrested, the defence minister said ...

5 years ago | January 18, 2019

African leaders to meet over DRC vote dispute

Continental leaders will gather at the African Union this week to discuss the disputed election in the Democratic ...

Drought threats in southern Moza

The Mozambican National Meteorological Institute (INAM) has warned that the “ElNino” weather phenomenon is recurring ...

5 years ago | December 28, 2018

Palestinian prisoners smuggle sperm out of jail

Five-year-old Amir’s life began inside a foil bag of hazelnut wafer biscuits.  The boy’s father, Ashraf, is one of ...

Earthquake strike destroys houses in Mozambique’s Manica Province

An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale struck Mossurize district, in the central Mozambican province of ...

Apartheid Christmas party letter found

Retired Capetonian Ebrahim Ahmed has unearthed a letter about a 1980 Christmas party and it shows how the apartheid ...

5 years ago | December 14, 2018

Mozambique: Corruption boosts price of liquid fuels

Mozambicans are paying more than they should for liquid fuels, because of corruption, particularly in the form of ...

Mozambique discovers 30K ghost workers

The government of Mozambique has discovered some 30 000 workers on the government payroll were either dead or ...

6 years ago | October 12, 2018

11 nabbed for producing fake documents in SA

At least 11 people have been arrested in Rustenburg for allegedly producing fake documents, the municipality said this week.

Trial of terrorist suspects begins

The Cabo Delgado provincial court recently began the trial of 189 people suspected of involvement in terrorist

Federer needs to play more or consider retirement

Roger Federer needs to play more tournaments following his shock US Open exit or consider retirement, says former ...

‘Premier League title battle is still a two-horse race’

The top of the Premier League could not be much tighter, with only two points separating the top five teams, but I still ...

6 years ago | July 20, 2018

SA commemorates Mandela’s 100th anniversary

Wednesday (July 18) would have been a former president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela’s 100th birthday, and to ...

Egypt blocks social media accounts

Egypt’s parliament has passed a bill targeting popular social media accounts that authorities accuse of publishing “fake ...