Comment & analysis

Once again Malawi finds itself in a tight spot. A food crisis set off by erratic rains, rising food prices and economic hardships is slowly unfolding. For the first time in several years, the country’s ability to feed its citizens is at risk.

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan comes across as a very humane, compassionate and calm person. He is always quick to brandish his less privileged upbringing as a unique selling point to anyone who cares to listen. However, he often portrays himself in public as someone who is hardly on top of his game.

Recently Jim DeMint of South Carolina retired from the United States Senate, prompting Republican Governor Nikki Haley to appoint Congressman Tim Scott to serve out the remainder of DeMint’s term.

Last week, The Reporter reported:

These questions can only be answered by presenting hypotheticals. Let us begin the analysis by presenting an analogical premise. Torture is outlawed in international law and is non-derogable, that is, there are supposedly no exceptions under which torture is permissible.

He told me to get off at the last kiosk on the highway that connects East with West Cairo. After the driver dropped me off, there was no one to be seen in the area. I walked down the concrete stairs by the side of the road.

Hanna, not her real name, born in 1992 in New Hargaysa the Somaliland capital celebrated her 20th birthday last 18 May, the Independence Day. Twenty years after independence, little has changed in her life.

The setting up of local public administration in the regions of Gedo, Lower Jubba and Middle Jubba, yet to be entirely liberated from the Al Qaeda-affiliated Al Shabab, has generated passionate debate for four reasons.

Since Obama was re-elected, much has been written about Bill Clinton rescuing his presidency.

During the Christmas break we received the most shocking news from KwaZulu-Natal. The provincial traffic department in that province advertised 90 positions for trainee traffic officers. More than 150,000 people applied. Most of them were aged between 18 and 20 years.