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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA dangerous ideological battle in Africa's Sahel arenaWhile foreign powers with France at their head continue their journey across Africa, where are the African countries ?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab spring is still aliveLibya and Sudan prove that the simple struggle for freedom and democracy persists in the region. It’s the world that...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKEmpire 2.0? In the Chagos islands, Britain is still fighting to maintain Empire 1.0To refashion its place in the world, Britain must first do right by its former colonies, as a new feature-length...
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Published in: HomePolitical shake-up and localism can edge Ethiopia forwardsTo end paralysis, the political landscape needs restructuring: resurgent grassroots democracy must smother elitism,...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaAlgeria: Divisions as country heads towards controversial electionsWill the Algerian public unite again once time has unraveled a clearer picture for the future?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaVeiling and revolutions: from Algeria to SudanWith women leading revolutions in Sudan and Algeria, it is natural to wonder again, will Arab uprisings be finished by women?
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Published in: Frontline InsightsHow international solidarity saved an activist’s life in BurundiPierre-Claver Mbonimpa is a thorn in his government’s side, so he needed urgent help from supporters abroad when...
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Published in: Home‘Defeated’ ISIS has set up a new “jihadist proto-state” in West AfricaWhere people have few life chances and little help from the government, the militants’ promise of order and basic...
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Published in: HomeAs you were then? South Africa’s 2019 electionFor now, South Africa can chalk up the 2019 elections as another win for democracy.
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Published in: ourNHSTime for Big Pharma to stop hiding behind “R&D” to justify astronomical costsCampaigners are pushing moves to challenge the secrecy and broken model of drug pricing. But will governments have...
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Published in: 50.50Where are women’s voices in Africa’s infrastructure projects?Women in Zimbabwe’s informal economy face steep challenges amid economic crisis, competition from big companies, and...
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Published in: 50.50Blackmail, death threats and abuse: Being LGBTIQ at work in ZimbabweCan employers be pushed to take action on discrimination, even if the state will not?
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Published in: Frontline InsightsThis Liberian lawyer has withstood presidents, multinationals and militiasAlfred Brownell, head of environment law campaigners Green Advocates, has just won the Goldman Environmental Award....
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Published in: HomeSri Lanka, and the lessons still not learned in the failed “war on terror”Attacks in Sri Lanka and elsewhere suggest that the al-Qaida/ISIS phenomenon is still very much with us, despite...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWelcome to the new Algerian revolution: an interview with Hamza HamoucheneWhile the first wave of the revolutions ended in defeat, it was sure to be back in Sudan and now Algeria with...
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Published in: Transformation100 years of Save the Children UK: what have we learned?INGO leaders must strike a balance between vision and pragmatism to be effective, but values still come first.
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Published in: HomeWe already know who will win the war in Libya – western arms dealersThey armed Gadaffi and the forces that ousted him alike – now they’re repeating that profitable trick.
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Published in: 50.50Why Trump’s US is wrong on abortion – and what it can learn from RwandaThe US is going after women with harsh abortion laws. But criminalisation only makes abortion unsafe. That’s why...
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Published in: ourEconomyRethinking the World Trade OrganisationThe global trading system has long served the interests of global corporations over developing countries. It's time...
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Published in: ourEconomyThe 'Washington Consensus' is dead. But what should replace it?We need a new vision for global economic governance that is guided by the principle of subsidiarity.
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