Twenty-six African countries have abolished the death penalty in law. The most recent countries to do so include Ghana, the Central African Republic and Zambia. Another 14 within the African Union ...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa on December 31, last year, signed the Death Penalty Bill into law. With the passing of this law, ...

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is profoundly saddened by the devastating loss of life caused by the earthquake that struck the Tibet Autonomous Region of China on Tuesday, his Spokesperson said ...

Concerns over gender-based violence in Vanuatu have emerged in a government report following the devastating earthquake in ...

The Carter administration administration marked a break from the Cold War-era policies of prioritizing strategic interests ...

FORMER freedom fighter, Mr Elias Njani Moyo, who was imprisoned by the Rhodesian regime in 1976, is set to celebrate his ...

We reported earlier that Ukraine had launched a new offensive in Russia’s Kursk region, according to the Kremlin (see post at 9.49am). Russia's ministry of defence then claimed it had thwarted ...

A team at the University of Calgary is making scientific advances in understanding plant adaptation, which could ultimately be used to find ways to make agricultural crops more resilient to heat ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS) has re-arrested Lovemore Musoyi, a 32-year-old Zimbabwean national ranked among the ...

Thousands of Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas on Monday, attending prayers and midnight mass, draped in an all-white traditional attire to mark the birth of Jesus Christ and the end of a ...

Recognized as a “unrelenting warrior against malaria”, Professor Diabaté has been honored for his exceptional contributions in the field of ...