The terrorist attacks across Paris on the night of November 13, which left at least 120 dead, are a tragic reminder of the ubiquity of modern terrorism.This year alone, violent extremists have murdered innocent people in the name of religion or politics in France, Tunisia, Kenya,

We know how to eradicate polio.

 On the first World Food Day in 1945, people around the world celebrated the creation of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation and the launch of the first coordinated global action to combat hunger.This year, on the 70th World Food Day, countries are mobilisin

Africa’s prospects over the next three decades will be determined largely by how well it manages rapid urbanisation.The challenge is certainly daunting.

Seafood is by far the most highly traded commodity globally, feeding billions of people worldwide.Unfortunately, however, the industry is plagued by illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which undermines conservation efforts and handicaps honest fishers and businesses that

Tax havens are by design secretive and opaque.

The recently adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are expected to herald the start of a new era in global development, one that promises to transform the world in the name of people, the planet, prosperity, peace and partnership.But there is an ocean of difference between

In today’s media landscape, where unfounded opinions, hype and rumours are rife, the scientific method — the means by which we determine, based on empirical and measurable evidence, what is true — should serve as a touchstone of reality.Science enables us to gauge what we think w

The economic sanctions imposed on Russia by the West in March 2014 have undoubtedly been painful.