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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Enlarging the context on COVID-19: Europe and AfricaAs the dust on the first brutal phase of the pandemic settles in Europe, containment of the pandemic cannot succeed...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systemsIt’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe British government has abandoned the Global South to coronavirusThe coronavirus pandemic could be a ticking time bomb for the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet just when global...
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Published in: Home‘Anticipatory anxiety’: Africa on the cusp of pandemicHow will African health facilities cope with a flood of people with COVID-19? How can those living close together...
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Published in: HomeHow Trump’s coronavirus denialism echoes South Africa’s HIV policy disasterConspiracy theories, disregard for science and grandiosity are all hallmarks of the way South Africa’s former...
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Published in: HomeViolent Islamism is gaining the upper hand in Afghanistan and AfricaMilitary responses haven’t defeated the Taliban and won’t stop ISIS, but the West refuses to address the root causes...
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Published in: Global ExtremesIs Al-Azhar pushing the envelope?Shaykh al-Azhar, Ahmed al-Tayyib criticised the state of Arabs and Muslims worldwide – including, one presumes, its rulers.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEthiopians in Lebanon: between revolution and slaveryThe Ethiopian government continues to sidestep taking any meaningful action to rescue citizens trapped in revolution...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaMubarak dead: the age of silenceMubarak’s reign, the revolt against it, and all the tragedies that followed, remain as a stark reminder of what...
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Published in: ourEconomyHow globalisation has informalised African womens’ livesWomen’s rising participation in the informal economy has seen an intensification rather than a reversal of gender inequality.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationTop Ugandan health official condemns US-linked ‘pregnancy crisis centres’ for opposing contraceptionAbortion is illegal in Uganda but the government strongly promotes contraception. Unregulated centres “must be...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt’s ‘watermelon democracy’: an interview with Joshua StacherWhy is Egypt in its current state? And what happened to the revolution? An interview with Joshua Stacher about his new book.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaChronicles from the deadly sea: the reluctant shipwreckedAn often untold story about rescue missions in the Mediterranean.
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationHow openDemocracy is tracking anti-abortion misinformation around the worldNine months ago, we began following the money of two US religious right groups. Then, we deployed our own global...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationRevealed: US-linked anti-abortion centres ‘violating the law’ in South AfricaTop health official vows to investigate campaigners who target women with dangerous misinformation, as government...
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Published in: 50.50: InvestigationExclusive: Trump-linked religious ‘extremists’ target women with disinformation worldwideLawmakers demand action as openDemocracy reveals global spread of false and “manipulative” activities, posing “grave...
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Published in: ourEconomyFinance for renewable energy in Africa follows colonial rootsInvestments into renewable energy in Africa are critical. But they need to take local ownership and participation seriously.
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionLuanda Leaks and the limits of liberalism: can anti-corruption work?Critique of corruption must explicitly disrupt corporate globalism, imperialism, racism, authoritarianism,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaIn Algeria, a dangerous crackdown on independent trade unionsIndependent trade unionists in Algeria face escalating repression for their role in the ongoing democracy movement.
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