He has been ruling like a dictator, claiming wartime powers, circumventing the Senate and Congress
Should the peace prize committee embrace integrity, it would have few options to either confer the 2025 award on Yemen’s Houthi or admit defeat and cancel it.
Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has taken up the fight against deepfake, a threat to journalism and democracy
While Kissinger’s intellectual gifts were begrudgingly acknowledged, he remains deeply controversial for his ruthless philosophy of realpolitik
People continue to suffer from among other things unemployment, poor quality education, unaffordable health care and gender-based violence
The death of apartheid’s last leader means some questions now remain forever unanswered
FW De Klerk died in his home having suffered from cancer
What a difference a year makes.
No one knows how many Ethiopians are in South Africa — but Abiy knows he needs their support
Myanmar’s leader personally faces allegations while avoiding the task of changing the country’s trajectory
The prime minister may have won the Nobel Peace Prize but he has failed to quell the violence in his own backyard
The violence is unfolding ahead of elections next year in one of the country’s most volatile and ethnically diverse areas
In just 18 months the prime minister has transformed his country and the region
The gynecologist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping victims of sexual violence in the DRC
The Congolese doctor won the Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war and is considered an expert on gang rape in conflict
The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009
Denis Mukwege is a medic based in the DRC, and he and his staff have helped thousands of victims abused in its prolonged and bloody wars.
Malala visited the Swat valley for her first trip back to the once militant-infested Pakistani region where she was shot in the head by the Taliban
The UN says 87 000 members of persecuted Muslim community have crossed into Bangladesh since violence erupted on August 25.
Juan Manuel Santos won in a surprise choice after Colombians voted "No" to an agreement he signed with Marxist rebels to end 52 years of war.
