DAVISON: For Palestinian cartoonists, religion is strictly off limits in a world of satire

The impact of a world drunk on religion is about to unfold
IPPmedia
It is ironic that in today's world, nothing is as divisive as man's beliefs in how he should reach out to God. Religion has been behind some of the worst conflicts and atrocities in history, and this remains true in our day as well. Listening to ...

Financial discipline must be strictly observed
Daily News
THE National Assembly is later today expected to endorse the government's budget proposals for the 2014/15 financial year, after a week-long spirited debate on the estimates. Through a roll-call voting, Members of Parliament (MPs) will be required to ...

Strictly Come Dancing winner Oti Mabuse is here to make your home workout a perfect 10, with a mixture of dance-related exercises.

It’s been a drama-filled election season in Tanzania. A former president has branded the opposition “idiots.” One candidate took to doing pushups to demonstrate his fitness to be president.

TV and internet satire shows in Africa are becoming increasingly popular, as the BBC's Kathy Harcombe reports.

The current conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has once again brought to the forefront the suffering of the Palestinian people. It has reignited the debate on collective punishment they are made to endure as well as the unequal application of firepower by Israel.  After close to 20 days of Israeli air raids followed by a ground invasion of Gaza, the casualties from the conflict have been lopsided, with 80% to 90% of the casualties on the Palestinian side being civilians. The death...

Quartz
In Tanzania's election, it's the cartoonists who are capturing what matters to ...
Quartz
It's been a drama-filled election season in Tanzania. A former president has branded the opposition “idiots.” One candidate took to doing pushups to demonstrate his fitness to be president. Another suggested he was worthy of support based on his religion.

How political cartoonists in Egypt view the race for the presidency

Get Shorty at 30: Dennis Lehane on Elmore Leonard's Hollywood satire  The Guardian