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WARM tributes have been paid to the legendary South African human rights lawyer George Bizos, who has been laid to rest at the Heroes Acre at Johannesburg’s West Park Cemetery after an official, simple and yet dignified funeral service
CLAUDIO ACCHERI As protests against racism and police brutality continue to sweep across the world, is predictive policing adding to the problem by enforcing bias? https://youtu.be/ZU_o87c08l4 Thomson Reuters Foundation
NICKY MILNE and VALERIA CARDI AS the threats of climate change continue to worsen, 16 young people are taking the fight for a safer planet in front of the United Nations. Meet four of them.
NICKY MILNE IN a small boat off the coast of Madagascar, Idrissa Tsirvelo struggled with a spanner on his rusted dive cylinder, then put a regulator in his mouth and disappeared under the water, risking death illegally harvesting sea cucumbers from the ocean floor. Deep sea diving for the worm-like marine animals - a delicacy selling for hundreds of dollars in Asia - can lead to death, injury or paralysis, but many young men in the Indian Ocean island say they have no other means of survival. "This work really scares me," said Tsirvelo. "As humans we are not meant…
The South African National Editors Forum (SANEF) will be awarding its coveted Nat Nakasa Award to South Africa’s entire body of journalists who have been covering the coronavirus story. The announcement was made on Saturday 22 August with the airing of a documentary commissioned to commemorate the vital role journalists play in our society – especially, in light of the harsh circumstances journalists as individuals find themselves in during the coronavirus pandemic. The documentary, which was filmed in recent months while the country still remained under national lockdown regulations, aims to shine a light on the courageous work done by…
THE first case of COVID-19 in Africa was confirmed in Egypt on February 14, 2020. Here's a look at 8 ways WHO and partners are supporting Africa's COVID-19 response.
WHO is leading the COVID-19 response in the African Region. Behind the efforts are health and multidisciplinary experts, working together to achieve a healthier, safer Africa.
CLAUDIO ACCHERI Kilap Gueye and Abdellatif Yakoubou arrived in Italy at two very different moments in history. Gueye left Senegal and reached Sardinia in the early 2000s, where he established himself as a teacher and writer. Yakoubou, from Benin, landed on the island in 2014, at the start of what became Europe's biggest migrant crisis since World War Two. Their paths crossed when they joined 'Nois', a television news show set up by theatre company Sardegna Teatro and local online TV channel Eja TV, to be hosted by migrants and to explore the challenges they face. Nois, from the Sardinian…
