Africa needs to drop the ‘youth bulge’ discourse
Wangui Kimari makes the case that the youth discourse in Africa has patronizing, colonialist tones.
Jailed Nubian activist dies in custody
In the wake of the tragic loss, Mohammed Elnaiem looks back at years of resistance.
ECRF: Fighting for life and freedom in Egypt
Alessio Perrone meets the activists fighting to shine light on human rights abuses during Egypt’s dark days.
How Turkey is winning hearts and minds in Somalia
Jamal Osman reports on the rise of the new humanitarians in Somalia.
When will Chad be free – of France?
France’s involvement in Chad makes a mockery of independence, argues Nanjala Nyabola.
Country Profile: United Arab Emirates
Ibtisaam Babikr profiles the wealthy Gulf state determined to rehabilitate its image.
Egypt – at a glance
Tom Dale profiles one of the former hotspots of the 2011 Arab Spring, a nation now experiencing a counter-revolutionary moment.
Voices from the front line
Activists meet this weekend to discuss a new internationalism for this century. Viyan Serhildan reports.
Hall of Infamy: Kais Saied
An autocrat in institutional clothing, the Tunisian president has crushed the hopes of democrats in the birthplace of the Arab Spring.
Where is India’s Jacinda Ardern?
Can the country produce its own iconic Prime Minister? It desperately needs one, writes Mari Marcel Thekaekara.
Country Profile: Lebanon
Civil war, ISIS invasions, mountains of rubbish. Reem Haddad reports from Beirut.
Fighting the fossils
Profiles of groups from Palestine, Mozambique, Uganda and India who are saying no to new oil and gas infrastructure.
Palestine, 100 years after Balfour
Paul Kelemen and Dick Pitt look at the British government’s role in Israel’s formation.
Check your passport privilege
Nanjala Nyabola explains the weighty, 'anti-citizen' African bureaucracies that have their origins in the colonial period.
Women: stop working!
Tomorrow’s strike embodies an alternative to neoliberal ‘female empowerment’, writes Lola Olufemi.
What is the Wagner Group?
The Russian paramilitary organization has played an active part in the Ukraine war and left bloody footprints across the globe.
İştar Gözaydın: from lectern to prison
Academic İştar Gözaydın’s first-hand experiences of the clampdown in Turkey.
Shahidul Alam imprisoned another month
A court will hear his bail petition in September. Rumana Hashem reports.
Defending Rojava
As Turkey continues its assaults on Kurdish regions, the international campaign RiseUp4Rojava issues a call for solidarity in defence of the social revolution in North-East Syria.
