He embodied the eternal paradox that is Ethiopia: a land of ‘great abundance’ where so much poverty exists; a Garden of Eden whose potential has never been fulfilled.
Anna Sevortian and Tanya Lokshina of Human Rights Watch present a new week-long series on openDemocracy Russia
Today, especially after a civilian has been elected president in Egypt, the deal’s chances of being sealed are even greater
The shooting dead of striking miners by armed police at Marikana exposes hard truths about post-apartheid South Africa that the country's new elites have preferred to ignore, says Roger Southall.
Spain’s crisis is not one of public debt per se. It is of private debt being transformed into a national burden.
Beyond its political and economical ramifications, the euro crisis has had a profound impact on European society. From a distributional conflict perspective, these turbulent times redefine who gets into conflict with whom.
The central message of the book is that foreign intervention in the struggle between the Qing Dynasty and the Taipings, though rationalised (often sincerely) on humanitarian grounds, had disastrous consequences during and after the war.
Whatever genuine grievances and demands for political reform the Syrian people might have had a year and half ago were trodden underfoot by this stampeding sectarian drive that the Syrian opposition itself worked so hard to foster among its own supporters.
These are our last unhurried moments to make all haste, to prepare for the worse, to make sure the climate change lifeboats are all stocked, and more importantly, that there are enough to go around for all.
Croatians believe Operation Storm is how they got their nation back. So why has it come back to haunt them nearly two decades later? Can the ICTY bring closure for the families involved?
Why a widespread analogy is harmful to fragile post-Arab Spring states and civil societies.
Burundi has come a long way, but there are still very dark stains on the country's human rights record. Non-governmental diplomacy can help.
