The first G20 leaders’ summit on African soil should have been a simple milestone. Instead, Johannesburg will open under a cloud. Washington has signalled it will not send top officials, citing alleged human rights abuses against white South Africans; a claim rooted in the discredited white genocide narrative that South Africa’s government and independent researchers […]
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Empty nets as overfishing and climate change sap Lake Malawi
On the shores of Lake Malawi, a crowd eagerly awaits the arrival of a white and yellow cedarwood boat carrying its haul. The crew of six deliver a single net of chambo, sardine and tiny usipa fish from the boat, just one of 72 vessels that land their catch every day on the beach at […]