Devotees from across the world are making their way to a temple outside Hue in Vietnam to visit Thich Nhat Hanh, the Buddhist monk who popularized mindfulness in the West. The 92-year-old, who lost his capacity to speak following a stroke, has retired to the temple in preparation for the end of his life. Scholar Brooke Schedneck, who has studied contemporary Buddhist meditation practices, explains what made Thich Nhat Hanh’s teachings of mindfulness so popular.

Botswana has joined a number of African countries in debating the legality of same-sex relationships. The country’s high court is likely to hand down a verdict in June, which will either maintain the provisions of the law that criminalise homosexuality, or rule that same-sex relationships are constitutional. Andrew Novak looks back at the history of the country’s discriminatory laws which were inherited from colonial British statutes.

The age of social media has resulted in misinformation and disinformation spreading like wildfire. Managing the problem is fraught with difficulties. But there are answers, argues Tawana Kupe. One of them is to make sure that there’s sufficient evidence-based journalism being produced that pursues the truth.