Alfred Brownell, head of environment law campaigners Green Advocates, has just won the Goldman Environmental Award. What has he achieved – and how did he get his start?
Attacks in Sri Lanka and elsewhere suggest that the al-Qaida/ISIS phenomenon is still very much with us, despite military interventions by the West. Is it finally time for a new approach?
While the first wave of the revolutions ended in defeat, it was sure to be back in Sudan and now Algeria with enormous and persistent protest movements.
The US is going after women with harsh abortion laws. But criminalisation only makes abortion unsafe. That’s why other countries are changing their approach.
The global trading system has long served the interests of global corporations over developing countries. It's time for a more inclusive form of multilateralism.
The abdication of President Bouteflika is a historic victory for the Algerian people — but the struggle for a true democratic transition is far from over.
Mount Alebban protest camp is the physical heart of the Movement on Road ‘96. There, the pipeline valve to the biggest silver mine in Africa is wrapped in chains and
Sisi has re-positioned Egypt to play host to major regional and international gatherings to legitimize his leadership and divert attention from human rights abuses.
