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…
Opinion| The Egyptian economy and the way out
As Egypt continues to grapple with a deepening economic crisis, it is…
Opinion| IMF sounds alarm about grain crisis
Once again, a grain crisis hit the world as Russia refused to…
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 –…
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…
‘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,…
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…
Cameroon’s anglophone conflict has lasted for six years: what citizens say about how to end it
Cameroon is officially bilingual. However, the minority English-speaking population has complained for…
Nuclear war would be more devastating for Earth’s climate than cold war predictions – even with fewer weapons
With the largest possible nuclear war between the US and Russia, new…
How the Soviet century wrote itself into the Moscow cityscape
From Moscow to Magnitogorsk, Soviet urban spaces have long provided crucial insights…