Kenyan voters are aware of their central role in the electoral process, yet they tend to limit their leadership choices. Are they ready to break away from tradition in the 2017 elections?
A case study from the height of the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries illustrates that even the most brutal leaders can choose to compromise for stability.
French President Francois Hollande delivers a speech acknowledging the ordeals of former French colonies.
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The western media’s focus on events at home like the US elections and the UK Brexit referendum has come at the expense of reporting on the famine that’s unfolding in Africa.
National Front party leader, Marine Le Pen, has been campaigning on a populist agenda.
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A survey shows that candidates who exploited populism in one way or the other during the first round of the French presidential election captured about half of the vote.
The demilitarised zone between North and South Korea is one of the last bastions of the Cold War.
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A new study shows that conditional cash transfers have helped Ecuador’s poorest households climb out of poverty. When that money was paired with capital to invest, people fared even better.
Part of a black cotton cushion cover depicting the Australian coat of arms embroidered by Lance Corporal Alfred Briggs (Albert Biggs), 20 Battalion, AIF.
Courtesy of Australian War Memorial
Embroidery - often seen as women’s work - was a common form of therapy for troops wounded in the first world war. One soldier, Albert Biggs, learned to sew with his left hand after his right arm was badly injured.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed tougher language requirements for new citizenship applicants.
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Eliminating malaria in Africa has been held back by a range of factors, including a lack of funds and drug and insecticide resistance challenges.
The first round of France’s 2017 presidential contest sent two political outsiders to the second round. What’s next in this key European election?
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France must now choose between two candidates with strongly opposing visions. The outcome of the May 7 run-off could radically alter France, as well as its position in Europe and in the world.
Searching for animals thought to be extinct – or fictional – is difficult, painstaking and often disappointing. But new technology like drones offer hope of a boom in biological discovery.
In Europe, scientists will be marching on Earth Day largely as a sign of support for their silenced American colleagues.
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François Hollande promised to make France’s youth a priority, but was a disappointment to them. While current candidates often showcase young supporters, will they have a voice after the election?
‘We don’t recognise this illegitimate referendum’
Murad Sezer/Reuters
This referendum is the first time in the democratic history of Turkey that an election has been seen as illegitimate by not only domestic contenders, but by international observers as well.
Part of a shipment of 33 rhino horns seized by Hong Kong customs, originated from Cape Town, South Africa.
Bobby Yip /Reuters
Europe has had a number of important elections over the past year, but for the EU none is as significant – or as potentially grave – as France’s upcoming presidential election.
Professor in Practice on Environmental Innovation, School of Social and Environmental Sustainability, University of Glasgow, UK, National University of Singapore