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People cross the Chenab River after the flow of water was halted from a dam, at Akhnoor, on the outskirts of Jammu, India in May.

Resource conflicts

Can India withhold Pakistan’s water?

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by Imran Mukhtar

18.12.2025

The youth-led protests in Madagascar in October forced President Andry Rajoelina to flee the country.

Democracy

What the world needs to learn from African movements

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16.12.2025

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects the guard of honour during her inauguration ceremony at the beginning of November.

Elections

Tanzania is a captured state

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by Lawrence Kilimwiko

11.12.2025

Russian wooden dolls called Matryoshka depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping at a souvenir shop in Moscow.

Governance

The oligarchs’ world order

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by David Lingelbach

by Valentina Rodríguez Guerra

03.12.2025

President Paul Biya at his eighth swearing-in ceremony in Yaoundé in November.

Elections

Paul Biya is a time loop that Cameroon can’t seem to escape

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by Epah Mfortaw Nyukechen

02.12.2025

StepMap

Legal assistance

How paralegals confront Kenya’s “killer cops”

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by Joseph Maina

01.12.2025

Ugandan activist and lawyer Agather Atuhaire.

State repression

“Not even a criminal should be treated this way”

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by Agather Atuhaire

by Grace Atuhaire

27.11.2025

Gaza City on 3 November 2025.

War

When I left Gaza City, I left my heart beneath the rubble

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by Ansam Al-Kitaa

21.11.2025

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Mental health

Breaking the silence on rising suicides in Malawi

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by Raphael Mweninguwe

17.11.2025

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