How Africa can catch up with the world in the fight against poverty
The world is making remarkable progress in combating poverty. From 2000 to 2013, the portion of the world’s population living on less than the...
Postponement fuels lack of trust in Nigeria’s ability to hold fair elections
Nigeria has postponed its 2019 presidential elections. The presidential and parliamentary votes have been rescheduled for February 23rd and the gubernatorial, state assembly and federal area...
Somaliland is not Somalia UK FCO told
By Goth Mohamed Goth
Hargeisa-Mr. Mohamed Muse Diriye, Somaliland deputy minister of interior speaking to reporters stated , “The UK FCO should realize Somaliland is...
Forty years on from the Iranian Revolution, could the country be at risk of another one?
Iran’s ruling clergy are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the 1979 revolution, during which Shi'ite Islamists, led by religious leader Ayatollah Khomeini, toppled Mohammad...
There Is a Taboo Against Criticizing AIPAC — and Ilhan Omar Just Destroyed It
By Mehdi Hasan
IN 2005, Steven Rosen, then a senior official with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, or AIPAC, sat down for dinner with...
The World Bank needs deep reforms to reflect a changing world order
The sudden resignation of World Bank President Jim Yong Kim has rekindled debate about leadership succession and the mission of the international financial institution.
US president Donald Trump has...
Civil Society Matters to the Sustainable Development Goals
By Peter J. Jacques
Life and death for whole communities hang in the balance of achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that include eliminating...
State of the Union: the women in white stole Trump’s night – and will haunt him for the rest of the yea
The State of the Union headline was not in Donald Trump’s script, which initially leashed him to a teleprompter before a joint session of...
From fake news to enemy of the people: An anatomy of Trump’s tweets
By Stephanie Sugars/CPJ North America Research Assistant
Since announcing his candidacy in the 2016 presidential elections to the end of his second year in office, U.S....
Fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe now fully exposed
As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been...
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