In a two-week trial that reignited debate over self-defence laws across the nation, a Wisconsin jury acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse for shooting three people, two fatally, during a racial justice protest...
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Belarus: Whether Or Not Putin Is Behind The Border Crisis, It...
The migrant crisis on Belarus’s western border has escalated rapidly in recent days, forcing Poland and Lithuania to declare a state of emergency and close the borders with their neighbour. With...
France Has Started Withdrawing Its Troops From Mali: What Is It...
France has begun withdrawing its troops from northern Mali as part of plans to reorganise its anti-insurgent forces deployed in the Sahel region under Operation Barkhane. French army bases in Kidal...
South Africa’s Liberation War Veterans Are Angry: Here’s Why
The late 1950s was an era of growing resistance to the apartheid’s state’s application of discriminatory laws in South Africa. The resistance, led by the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan...
Xi Jinping Puts His Stamp On Communist Party History, But Is His...
As the Chinese Communist Party’s sixth plenary session wraps up in Beijing, much of the focus outside China has been on two key aspects. The first is the meeting was primarily designed to strengthen...
Belarus: Border Crisis With Poland Loses Sight Of The People...
Tensions at the border between Poland and Belarus continue to rise, with thousands of vulnerable migrants stranded in a standoff between the two countries and the geopolitical blocs to which they...
Child Slavery In West Africa: Understanding Cocoa Farming Is Key...
In 2000 and 2001, the use of child slaves on cocoa farms in West Africa was exposed in a series of documentaries and pieces of investigative journalism, sparking an international outcry. This series...
Nigeria At 61: A Giant With Challenging Crises Amid Opportunities
As Nigeria marks its 61st anniversary of independence, its citizens are stuck in a general anomie of despondency. This is as a result of general insecurity in the country, rising unemployment and...
Violence And Mental Health Are Likely To Get Worse In A Warming...
Extreme weather has been the cause of some of the biggest public health crises across the world in recent years. In many cases, these have been enhanced by human-induced climate change. For instance...
Scientists Sound The Alarm Over Drought In East Africa: What...
Every few years, it is devastating to watch the same tragedy: a weather cycle that brings debilitating drought and hunger to East Africa, threatening the lives and livelihoods of millions of people...
Beyond GDP: Here’s A Better Way To Measure People’s Prosperity
When Nobel prize-winner Simon Kuznets declared in 1934 that “the welfare of a nation can scarcely be inferred from a measurement of national income”, he likely did not imagine that gross domestic...
The Story of Chilli is One of Politics, Geography and Culture
Chilli peppers are today an essential part of almost all major cuisines in some way or the other. They are the key to Asian, African, Latin American, and constitute an important part of Britain’s...
Taiwan: How The ‘Porcupine Doctrine’ Might Help Deter Armed...
Chinese president Xi Jinping made a pledge earlier this year to complete the “reunification” of China (with Taiwan). Coupled with recent violations of Taiwan’s sovereign airspace by Chinese...
Pandora Papers: Media Rage At Billionaire Tax Cheats But Ignore...
Many of the world’s richest and most powerful people are in the spotlight for the wrong reasons – again. The Pandora papers is the third and largest leak of documents in which the secret financial...
Is The Resource Curse Hard-Baked Into African Economies? China’s...
Countries with abundant natural resources – gold, diamonds, crude oil– often fail to transform that advantage into favourable development outcomes. This is known as the natural resource curse...
Can Radicalisation Be Defeated? Yes, If We Understand That It...
Radical extremism has increased by 320% in the last five years and cost the world an estimated US$14.1 trillion as of 2018. It’s a worldwide problem. From the agitations of separatist movements and...
How Big Is The Islamist Threat In Mozambique? And Why Are...
Rwanda has sent troops to Mozambique to assist the government in fighting against a four-year Islamist militant insurgency. Political scientist Phil Clark provides insights into the threat and why...
Angela Merkel’s Departure Is An Opportunity To Fix The EU
It will probably take a while for the fact that Angela Merkel is no longer Germany’s chancellor to sink in. It is hard to remember life before ‘Mutti’. When she came to power in 2005, no one had...
Minerals, Drugs And China: How The Taliban Might Finance Their...
Now that the Taliban have reportedly taken full control of Afghanistan and begun forming a government, a looming challenge awaits: How will they keep their country and economy afloat financially? For...
AUKUS: Is An Arms Race With China The Price Of ‘Global Britain’?
A new military alliance between the US, Australia and the UK will, for the first time, provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines. While not officially aimed at another country, the “AUKUS”...