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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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January 11, 2011
Sub-Saharan Africa
A Moral Approach to State Failure
Father Stan Chu Ilo at St Michael’s College, University of Toronto, has written a perceptive review of Dancing on the Brink that appeared in Nigeriaworld last Friday. Following a detailed and accur…
April 8, 2024
LGBTQ+
How (Not) to Talk About Sex in Africa
It is time the LGBTQ+ coalition changed its strategy on the continent.
February 20, 2024
Nigeria
A Tragedy Sixty-Four Years in the Making
The crisis in Nigeria offers a rare opportunity to rethink the moral foundations of the Nigerian state.
February 13, 2019
Women and Women's Rights
Human Trafficking Isn’t Just Morally Repugnant. It’s Also a Security Threat.
Last month, Nigeria’s anti-trafficking agency made a startling announcement: It had collected evidence that some 20,000 Nigerian women and girls are being held in brothels in Mali. Among those discov…
March 11, 2024
Myanmar
Myanmar’s Army is Collapsing: An Update
As the Myanmar military faces a record level of defections, its control of the country looks increasingly tenuous.
October 16, 2023
Guatemala
Guatemala's Protests Go National, Plus Meddling Ex-Presidents and a Thaw in U.S.-Venezuela Relations
Guatemala’s protest movement goes national; Latin America’s meddlesome ex-presidents; U.S. border crisis and geopolitical turmoil are taking the pressure off Maduro.
March 27, 2024
Humanitarian Intervention
When Non-Intervention Becomes a Dogma
Sometimes the only thing worse than foreign intervention is non-intervention.
March 20, 2024
Human Rights
The Human Rights Industry
The two largest human rights NGOs, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, dominate the field despite deep problems of bias and inadequate oversight.