The world’s supply of oil is much closer to running out than official estimates admit. A whistleblower from the International Energy Agency (IEA) admitted that the agency has been underplaying the threatening shortage to avoid the devastating effects of unveiling real estimates, which could trigger “panic” buying of oil around the world. The senior official, whose identity [...]

Millions of Afro-Brazilians, who in some states like Bahia account for 75 per cent of the population, are mired in poverty, lack access to basic services and employment opportunities, and face serious discrimination, injustice and violence. These are some of the key conclusions that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay has reached after a just ended weeklong visit [...]

More than 190 million people in 125 countries all over the world are migrants, according to statistics compiled by the International Organisation of Migration (IOM) in 2005. In southern Africa, migrants fall into different categories. There are forced migrants (asylum seekers and refugees); labor migrants (seasonal and permanent workers; internal migrants; and undocumented migrants (skilled and unskilled); [...]