World Affairs: Africa

Q&A: Duncan Bannatyne

The entrepreneur discusses his philanthropy and anti-smoking campaigning

Linda-Gail Bekker - extended interview

The NS Interview: Linda-Gail Bekker

“So many of our people live daily with the effects of HIV”

We are killing in the light of God

More than five million people have died in the war that has been raging in eastern Congo. And now, yet another rebel group is at large in the country, slaughtering hundreds of civilians. It is led by Joseph Kony, a ruthless yet charismatic killer who claims he is fighting a holy war

What’s yours is mine

The scramble for the world’s resources has barely abated with the recession, and our ecological debts are mounting

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Hard times for the wabenzi

Bad Idea: Foresting the Sahara

A plan to turn the Sahara into a forest is not about reducing carbon emissions at all

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The politics of peace

The war in Darfur may be over, but that is not the end of Sudan’s troubles

Could you forgive Mugabe?

Zimbabwe's president shows no sign of going. How does this "devout Catholic" square his crimes with his faith?

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Megrahi was framed

The trial of the “Lockerbie bomber” was worse than a travesty of justice. Evidence that never came to court proves his innocence

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