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July 24, 2023

Nigeria
A Reformer’s Dilemma

Tinubu’s macroeconomics gets a reality check from Nigeria’s micropolitics.

A man on a motorcycle is pictured wearing a yellow vest near five bottles of smuggled fuel.

June 21, 2023

Myanmar
Myanmar’s Military Suffering, Could Actually Lose

Myanmar's junta continues to lose control of territory, even in urban areas it has tightly controlled up to this point.

Myanmar General Min Aung Hlaing stands in an open motorcade during a military procession.

July 5, 2022

Nigeria
A Gathering Dis-OBI-dience

The proverbial “Third Force” in Nigerian politics is finally making itself heard, but its chances of causing an upset are slim.

A man in a voting registration crowd in Nigeria points at the camera and is pictured in front of a youth vote poster.

September 22, 2023

Corruption
Claudia Escobar Mejía: Marshall-Plan Like Effort Needed to Eliminate Corruption in Central America

Without new measures to build democratic institutions, entrenched corruption, migration, and violence will only get worse.  

A woman takes part in an anticorruption protest in Guatemala City, Guatemala, September 14, 2017.

July 17, 2015

Egypt
Weekend Reading: Remembering Omar Sharif

Randa Ali from Al-Ahram remembers legendary Egyptian actor Omar Sharif. Magdi Abdelhadi laments Omar Sharif’s death as a reminder of a bygone era of Egyptian culture. Watch this 2004 interview with…

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