Ten people who passed away this year who shaped world affairs for better or worse.

The just released Nigeria 2021 Human Rights Report confirms what observers and rights advocates already know about the Nigerian state’s execrable human rights record and the increasingly dismal daily experience of Nigerians. Released annually since 1977 by the United States Department of State, the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices are a critical gauge of the human rights situation across the world.

Evidence is growing that Turkey’s president is ailing—and that could be bad news for the country’s politics.

The region is accustomed to cycles of protest and political upheaval, so it’s better not to bank on successful revolutions.

The eulogies for Egypt’s fourth president focused on his downfall, but history will remember his overlooked accomplishments while in office.