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Opinion| Saudi Women Achieve: A Story of Progress

As a young Saudi woman, I am proud to say that the…

Al-Anoud Fahd Al-Daoud Al-Anoud Fahd Al-Daoud

Military coups in Africa: here’s what determines a return to civilian rule

Francophone west Africa now accounts for approximately two-thirds of all military coups…

TheConversation TheConversation

Two years after Taliban takeover: Why Afghanistan still poses a threat to the region and beyond

The dramatic and rapid Taliban offensive in the spring of 2021 culminated…

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Zimbabwe heads to the polls amid high inflation, a slumping currency and a cost of living crisis

Zimbabwe is facing a host of pressing challenges that voters dearly want…

TheConversation TheConversation

Opinion| The Egyptian economy and the way out

As Egypt continues to grapple with a deepening economic crisis, it is…

Mohamed El-Seidy Mohamed El-Seidy

Opinion| IMF sounds alarm about grain crisis

Once again, a grain crisis hit the world as Russia refused to…

Hatem Sadek Hatem Sadek

Re-imagining democracy for the 21st century, possibly without the trappings of the 18th century

Imagine that we’ve all – all of us, all of society –…

TheConversation TheConversation

America is on the brink of another civil war, this one fuelled by Donald Trump

The indictment of former United States president Donald Trump on charges he…

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‘Knowledge of self’: How a key phrase from Islam became a pillar of hip-hop

Knowledge of self comes from this tradition, beginning roughly a century ago,…

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A ‘black box’ AI system has been influencing criminal justice decisions for over two decades – it’s time to open it up

Lack of transparency affects AI systems generally. Their complex decision-making processes can…

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