Recent killings by U.S. officers have sparked widespread calls for police reform and an end to systemic racism. Here’s how U.S. policing compares with other countries’ approaches. Amelia Cheatham and Lindsay Maizland | July 30, 2020 | Council on Foreig …
Key insights into land degradation from seven African countries Published: October 6, 2020
Karl Hughes | October 4, 2020 | The Conversation A maize farmer in Kenya surveys his degraded land. Photo by David Bathgate/Corbis via Getty Images Land is essential to our lives – we grow food on it and rely on it for economic growth and development. …
Climate Change Doesn’t Have to Stoke Conflict Published: September 29, 2020
Politics Matter More Than the Environment When It Comes to War and Peace Tarek Ghani and Robert Malley | September 28, 2020 | Foreign Affairs On the shores of Lake Turkana, Kenya, October 2013 Among the many sobering projections of harm to be caused by …
Suspension of US aid to Ethiopia is yet another example of Trump’s disregard for Africa Published: September 28, 2020
Yohannes Gedamu | September 27, 2020 | The Conversation Workey Tadele, a radio operator, at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam near Guba in Ethiopia in December 2019. Eduardo Soteras/AFP via Getty Images America’s Department of State recently sus …
The UN’s Unhappy Birthday Published: September 14, 2020
The United Nations is turning 75 but there is little to celebrate as the organization has fallen well short of its goals Richard N. Haass | September 10, 2020 | Council on Foreign Relations Chris Hondros / Getty Images The United Nations turns 75 this …
Mining in Eritrea: could a new potash project spur sustainable growth? Published: September 14, 2020
Molly Lempriere |22 May 2019 (Last Updated June 11th, 2020) | Mining Technology By producing potash the Colluli mine will be able to contribute to the agricultural industry as well. This is hugely important for Eritrea, where agriculture is provides 11 …
After Two Decades of Rot, Zimbabwe Is Coming Apart at the Seams Published: September 14, 2020
Protest action over intolerable living conditions has been brutally quashed by the military. Antony Sguazzin, Ray Ndlovu, and Brian Latham | September 14, 2020 | Bloomberg Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg In Zimbabwe, pregnant …
The End of Hope in the Middle East Published: September 7, 2020
The region has always had problems—but it’s now almost past the point of recovery. STEVEN A. COOK | SEPTEMBER 5, 2020 | Foreign Policy A woman and child stand at the fence in the foreigners section of al-Hol detention camp in northern Syria on March 28 …
The Ideology Delusion Published: September 7, 2020
America’s Competition With China Is Not About Doctrine A man looking at a painting of Mao in the Great Hall of the People, Beijing, China, March 2006 However natural China’s aspirations may be, the United States has a very clear, primary interest in pr …
American Christianity’s White-Supremacy Problem Published: September 2, 2020
History, theology, and culture all contribute to the racist attitudes embedded in the white church. Michael Luo | September 2, 2020 | The New Yorker Early on in “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass,” the first of three autobiographies Douglass …