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File photo: President of Zimbabwe Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, 21 September 2023. Reuters/Brendan McDermid/File Photo
Legal
Zimbabwe scraps colonial-era death penalty law

Nyasha Chingono 7 Feb 2024

Ugandan human rights lawyer and activist leads fellow activists to file a petition challenging the signing of the new Anti-homosexuality law by President Yoweri Museveni, at the constitution court in Kampala, Uganda, 29 May 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa
Legal
Uganda enacts harsh anti-LGBTQ law including death penalty

Reuters 30 May 2023

File photo: Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni speaks during a Reuters interview at his farm in Kisozi settlement of Gomba district, in the Central Region of Uganda, January 16, 2022. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo
Legal
Uganda parliament passes harsh anti-LGBTQ bill mostly unchanged

Aaron Ross 2 May 2023

File photo: Quin Karala, 29, a member of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTQ) community and a single mother of one poses for a picture with rainbow colours at the offices of Rella Women's Empowerment Program, for LGBTQ rights advocacy, after a Reuters interview in Kulambiro suburb of Kampala, Uganda 4 April 2023. Reuters/Abubaker Lubowa/File Photo
Legal
Uganda's president asks for changes to LGBT bill so identity is not criminalised

Elias Biryabarema 28 Apr 2023

File Photo: An LGBT activist wears a badge as he attends a court hearing in the Milimani high Court in Nairobi in Nairobi, Kenya. 22 February 2019. Reuters/Baz Ratner
ESG & Sustainability
For LGBTQ Kenyans, court win prompts backlash as threats escalate

Ayenat Mersie 18 Apr 2023

Pope Francis addresses the media while aboard the plane from Juba to Rome, returning from his visit to Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, 5 February 2023. Vatican Media/­Handout via Reuters
Legal
Pope Francis says laws criminalising LGBT people are a 'sin' and an injustice

Philip Pullella 6 Feb 2023

South Africa: A nation sitting on a keg of gun powder
ESG & Sustainability
South Africa: A nation sitting on a keg of gun powder

Prince Charles 15 Jul 2021

#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa
ESG & Sustainability
#AfricaMonth: The state of LGBT rights in Africa

Dr Claire Westman 21 May 2021

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Marketing & Media
Wan-Ifra backs call for UN investigation into Jamal Khashoggi's murder

2 Oct 2019

Floating cities: the future or a washed-up idea?
Construction & Engineering
Floating cities: the future or a washed-up idea?

Brydon T. Wang 7 Jun 2019

Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom
Marketing & Media
Jamal Khashoggi awarded Golden Pen of Freedom

3 Jun 2019

Nooses at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg. Photo: ccarlstead on Flickr, used under Creative Commons.
Legal
Death penalty debate is a cheap political trick

Clare Ballard 3 Apr 2019

Kenya Wildlife Service rangers on patrol at the Meru National Park. Flickr/IFAW
ESG & Sustainability
Why Kenya's proposal to execute convicted poachers is a bad idea

Jeremiah Ogonda Asaka 21 May 2018

UN urges release of Mauritanian blogger
Marketing & Media
UN urges release of Mauritanian blogger

10 May 2018

#FreeShawkan
Marketing & Media
Do not criminalise media workers - UN

15 Mar 2018

Cameroon uses anti-terror law to silence critical press
Marketing & Media
Cameroon uses anti-terror law to silence critical press

21 Sep 2017

Cameroon reporter Ahmed Abba given 10-year prison sentence
Marketing & Media
Cameroon reporter Ahmed Abba given 10-year prison sentence

4 May 2017

This weekend's Big Screen openings
Lifestyle
This weekend's Big Screen openings

Daniel Dercksen 27 Oct 2016

All the 2015 Cannes Lions Film Craft winners
Marketing & Media
All the 2015 Cannes Lions Film Craft winners

27 Jun 2015

The full Cannes Lions Film Craft shortlist
Marketing & Media
The full Cannes Lions Film Craft shortlist

26 Jun 2015

The full Cannes Lions Radio shortlist
Marketing & Media
The full Cannes Lions Radio shortlist

23 Jun 2015

Navigating South Africa's loaded political lexicon
Government
Navigating South Africa's loaded political lexicon

Dirk Kotze 12 Jun 2015

Mauritania: Call to release Mohamed Mkhaïtir, blogger sentenced to death for apostasy
Marketing & Media
Mauritania: Call to release Mohamed Mkhaïtir, blogger sentenced to death for apostasy

25 Mar 2015

Botswana passes legislation to combat terrorism
Legal
Botswana passes legislation to combat terrorism

Thabiso T. Tafila 28 Jan 2015

Africa World Documentary Film Festival kicks off this month
Marketing & Media
Africa World Documentary Film Festival kicks off this month

8 Jul 2014

Albie Sachs awarded prestigious Tang Prize
Legal
Albie Sachs awarded prestigious Tang Prize

Melissa Jane Cook 24 Jun 2014

Eskinder Nega awarded 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom
Marketing & Media
Eskinder Nega awarded 2014 Golden Pen of Freedom

10 Jun 2014

Twitter blocks 'blasphemous' content in Pakistan
ICT
Twitter blocks 'blasphemous' content in Pakistan

26 May 2014

Somali pirates get life imprisonment in USA
Logistics & Transport
Somali pirates get life imprisonment in USA

6 Aug 2013

Chris Moerdyk
Marketing & Media
The darkest days for Mandela and the media

Chris Moerdyk 1 Jul 2013

Marketing & Media
Bangladeshi court jails nine for journalist murder

1 Jul 2013

Marketing & Media
Vietnam War whistleblower defends WikiLeaks 'hero'

27 Mar 2013

ICT
WikiLeaks files on 'every country' will be released in 2013

22 Dec 2012

Marketing & Media
Uganda tightens internet security after pro-gay attacks

20 Aug 2012

Assange seeking asylum in Ecuador; mother speaks out
Marketing & Media
Assange seeking asylum in Ecuador; mother speaks out

22 Jun 2012

Douglas Kruger
Marketing & Media
High-consequence presentations - be seen as an industry expert

Douglas Kruger 11 Jun 2012

Journalist could face death penalty at Friday verdict
Marketing & Media
Journalist could face death penalty at Friday verdict

10 May 2012

Ethiopian journo honoured with Top PEN Prize
Marketing & Media
Ethiopian journo honoured with Top PEN Prize

13 Apr 2012

Legal
ConCourt in death penalty extradition dilemma

24 Feb 2012

Science
Tech-savvy Singapore sees spike in online scams

7 Feb 2012

Marketing & Media
Death penalty for blogger, prison for journalists

27 Jan 2012

Pretoria gallows restored as a museum
Government
Pretoria gallows restored as a museum

9 Nov 2011

Journalists censored, held in Sudan protests
Marketing & Media
Journalists censored, held in Sudan protests

3 Feb 2011

Eurobest 2010 winners announced
Marketing & Media
Eurobest 2010 winners announced

10 Dec 2010

WAN-IFRA condemns detention of Iranian journalists
Marketing & Media
WAN-IFRA condemns detention of Iranian journalists

16 Mar 2010

Marketing & Media
SA youth positive about future – report

28 Aug 2007

Marketing & Media
Ethiopian editors released

1 Aug 2007

Marketing & Media
Ethiopian journalists face death penalty

13 Jul 2007

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