US slashes UN aid, Trump warns agencies to “adapt or die”
The United States announced on December 29th a two-billion-dollar commitment to United Nations humanitarian assistance, a move that reflects a...
Grace Sharp
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Africa is a continent at a crossroads
Africa enters 2026 carrying more weight than momentum. The continent is no longer operating on the margins of global disorder;...
Martin Jay: Censorship comes to Europe
Just how aligned are the EU and the Trump administration on their longer-term objectives? News of travel bans imposed against...
Ukraine peace talks advance, land disputes remain
The United States and Ukraine have narrowed differences on a proposed framework to end nearly four years of war with...
U.S.-Ukraine talks inch forward, land remains sticking point
The United States and Ukraine have narrowed differences on a proposed framework to end nearly four years of war with...
Ian Proud: The EU’s frozen funds fiasco
Brussels was the centre of the pro-war universe on 18 December as the European Commission tried to bludgeon the resistance...
Simon Waldman: The cost of importing foreign conflict
I am dumbfounded by how anyone living in Europe, Australia, or North America can be so irresponsible as to call...
Dr. Azeem Ibrahim: The normalisation of global displacement
The most dangerous development in today’s global refugee crisis is not its scale, but how familiar it has become. According...
Martin Jay: Britain and the collapse of free speech
Britain, a country which practically invented the tenets of free speech, is now the most repressive, backward country of the...
Osman Mirghani: Sudan’s lost December revolution
The trajectories of every country that underwent what came to be known as the “Arab Spring,” deviated radically from initial...
Tafi Mhaka: Trump’s rhetoric could break Nigeria
In early November, United States President Donald Trump declared that “Christianity is facing an existential threat in Nigeria”. In a...
Martin Jay: The ‘Russian threat’ narrative conceals Ukraine’s graft
If there has ever been a twisted dichotomy of logic, it was always the West calling for bigger defence spending...
Hafed Al-Ghwell: Libya’s war on women
Libya’s woes are often described in terms of armed factions, oil, kleptocracy, and the collapse of governance. Yet one of...
Zaid M. Belbagi: Why water security defines MENA’s future
The Middle East and North Africa region’s battle against water scarcity has never been more urgent. As climate change escalates,...
Fergus Kell: Tanzania’s elections test the nation’s future
Tanzania will never be the same again after the violence that engulfed its October elections. A crackdown on protesters by security services –...
