South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has supported the removal of statues that glorify the country’s apartheid past. He said, “any symbol, monument or activity that glorifies racism, that represents our ugly past, has no place in democratic South Africa”. “Monuments glorifying our divisive past should be re-positioned and relocated,” he said in a virtual address […]

Most people convicted for wildlife poaching and trafficking in South Africa commit the crimes due to poverty and joblessness, a study by an international wildlife conservation group has shown. A report published Thursday and compiled after interviews with 73 convicted wildlife offenders incarcerated in South Africa’s jails, concluded that 70 per cent of them were […]

The number of people who have died in connection with the coronavirus in Iran has risen to over 25,000, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday. In the past 30 days, 5,000 people infected with the coronavirus have died and 80,000 new infections have been registered, for a total of 25,015 fatalities and 436,319 recorded cases, […]

The leader of the Republicans in the US Senate, Mitch McConnell, on Thursday, said there would be an “orderly transition” of power following the November election after President Donald Trump declined to explicitly commit to a peaceful handover. “The winner of the November 3rd election will be inaugurated on January 20th. There will be an […]

The United States has sanctioned several Iranian officials and entities for alleged gross human rights violations, including the recent execution of an athlete. Navid Afkari, a 27-year-old wrestler accused of murdering a security guard, was executed on Sept. 12 in spite of international appeals for him to be spared. U.S. Secretary of State, Mr Michael […]