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UK’s ‘100-year partnership’ with Ukraine is a meaningless political stunt | Opinions

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced a 100-year partnership between their countries during a meeting…

10 months ago

Development done right: Why Africa needs more than good intentions | Poverty and Development

The annual World Economic Forum in Davos brings together the world’s most influential leaders with the stated aim of improving…

10 months ago

Western liberals have lessons to learn from Austria’s far-right turn | The Far Right

The far-right Freedom Party (FPO), founded in the 1950s by a man who had been a senior officer in Hitler’s…

10 months ago

The ceasefire will not bring our lives back | Israel-Palestine conflict

A lot of noise – missiles and explosions, the sound of drones, shouting and wailing, screams of “martyr, martyr”. The…

10 months ago

Can a ceasefire end settler colonial genocide? | Gaza

The ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is, first and foremost, a welcome relief for the Palestinians in Gaza who…

11 months ago

Searching for hope in Syria | Bashar al-Assad

Bashar al-Assad is gone, and Syria is finally free. However, I am unable to fully rejoice in the long-awaited fall…

11 months ago

Trump versus the Gulf of Mexico | Opinions

This month during a rambling news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, United States President-elect Donald Trump announced his latest vision…

11 months ago

Four words that bear significance to the happy news of a Gaza ceasefire | Gaza

I have wrestled with what to say in this urgent moment, long yearned for and that often appeared beyond reach…

11 months ago

Israel has declared war on the promise of a strong, democratic Syria | Opinions

The end of 2024 delivered a surprising turn of events in the 13-year-long war in Syria. Bashar al-Assad’s regime collapsed…

11 months ago

No food, no sleep, no hope in Gaza | Israel-Palestine conflict

I have spent a total of four years in Gaza, six months of them during the ongoing war. I have…

11 months ago