Kenya has been experiencing a wave of protests led by young people. No one can really say they didn’t see this coming. What is unfolding in Kenya is a lesson in what happens when the debt crisis escalates not just metaphorically, but literally.

In the USA, the judicial branch of government has done a disservice to democracy.

The result of Mexico’s recent election was historical for several reasons

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Why Svenja Schulze, Germany’s federal minister for economic cooperation and development, should reject the utilitarian slogans of market-orthodox liberalism and populist nationalism.

Around the world, tourism is rebounding from the Covid-19 pandemic, and there are negative consequences too. Global tourism must be made more compatible with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

South Africa’s elections on 29 May took the country into new political terrain. The African National Congress (ANC) lost its absolute majority. However, thanks to democratic forces’ willingness to cooperate, the damage was limited.

Extreme weather is causing increasing damage around the world – including in South America’s largest country.

Because masses of India’s left-behind people voted against the incumbent government, its leading party, the Hindu-supremacist BJP, now depends on allies, no longer enjoying a parliamentary majority of its own.

The World Bank has enabled a dramatic reduction in extreme poverty. However, this masks a divergence between stable and fragile countries.