Johannesburg, SOUTH AFRICA | AFP | South Africa’s Caster Semenya is back and vowing to win an Olympic gold medal that could reignite the complex biological and ethical gender storm that once engulfed her life. The athlete, who was at the centre of a bitter dispute over gender testing seven …
Read More »Murder suspect indicted in case which fuelled misogyny fears
Seoul, South Korea | AFP | The suspect in a murder of a young woman in Seoul’s upmarket Gangnam district was indicted Sunday, in a case that triggered a public outcry over fears of violent misogyny in South Korea. Hundreds of mourners attended a candlelight vigil after the 23-year-old victim …
Read More »Just 1% of world’s population holds almost half its wealth
Washington, United States | AFP | Just one percent of the world’s population can call themselves millionaires or richer. But together they hold almost half the world’s wealth, and their share is growing, according to a new study released Tuesday. Some 18.5 million households around the world have at least …
Read More »Social accountability vital for building trust in post-election Uganda – Report
Development projects that pay greater attention to social accountability can improve citizen-state relations and trust in Uganda and other fragile countries, according to new research by peacebuilding organisation, International Alert. The report, titled Making social accountability work: Promoting peaceful development in Uganda, evaluates two large-scale development projects undertaken in Uganda …
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