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February 21, 2018

Syria
The Mom's Story I Could Not Forget

Some stories do not leave you. You cannot forget them long after you tell them. And you wonder, often, how they end. Here is one such story. It doesn't yet have an ending, but it is no longer wher…

Syrian refugees

July 9, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Lagos a Success Story?

In a celebration of Lagos and African urbanization, the Financial Times ran a piece by Xan Rice highlighting Nigeria’s commercial capital’s size, its economic importance, and its government’s energy …

An aerial view shows the central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, April 7, 2009.

December 29, 2017

Rohingya
The Top Ten South Asia Stories of 2017

As 2017 comes to an end, it’s time to assess which stories from South Asia had the most impact. By this I mean which events or ongoing developments shaped a country or the South Asian region, or had …

Rohingya refugee women cry while crossing the Naf River with an improvised raft to reach to Bangladesh in Teknaf, Bangladesh, November 12, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

December 22, 2017

Global
Seven Foreign Policy Stories to Watch in 2018

Two thousand seventeen had its fair share of big news stories. The same will be true of 2018. Some of those stories undoubtedly will be a surprise. Not many experts were warning a year ago of impendi…

seven stories to watch

July 12, 2016

Human Rights
Nicaragua’s Sad Story Continues

Nicaraguans go to the polls in a few months, but not for a free election. A group of Nicaraguan writers, intellectuals, and civil society leaders have written an open letter describing and decryin…