Douglas Yates, American Graduate School in Paris (AGS)
Senegal is considered west Africa’s most stable democracy because it has never suffered a coup d'etat. But all its former presidents have attempted to extend their tenure of office.
A family of African elephants walk through the Addo Elephant National Park in South Africa’s Eastern Cape Province.
EPA-EFE/Jon Hrusa
As the July 2021 unrest and looting graphically showed, crime and lawlessness can debilitate and destroy government efforts to facilitate and support economic growth.
Trucks and business were looted and burnt during recent riots in South Africa.
EPA-EFE/Stringer
The violence wreaked its damage because South Africa’s journey to democracy remains incomplete. It sends a sharp message that the country must look its past far more squarely in the eye.
Nigerian youths protest against police brutality.
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Although the Nigerian government has announced the disbanding of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, protesters have not let up. They are now calling for wider reforms.
A recent spate of attacks have left local people scared for their safety in rural Madagascar, threatening vital conservation work in the nearby rainforest.
Pole position: the resource-rich Arctic matters like never before.
Duncan C
As the ice recedes and technology for recovering resources in extreme conditions improves, the Arctic could become the theatre for future global conflicts. Here’s the story so far.
Power games unmasked. Pro-Russian protesters gather outside the seized City Hall in in Mariupol, Ukraine.
Anastasia Vlasova
It is the most serious conflagration since armed pro-Russian forces began taking control of official buildings in the Donbas. At least one anti-government protester is believed to have been shot dead by…
The protest which started here in the Puerta del Sol in Madrid in mid-May has now swept throughout Spain.
AAP/Pedro Armestre
On 15 May 2011, one week before Spanish regional and municipal elections, young people gathered on Madrid’s Puerta del Sol square to start a protest known as 15-M movement. It has since acquired a universal…