By Aland Khalid There are a plethora of problems facing the country of Haiti each and every day, with the list notably containing weak infrastructure, poor medical care, low access to clean water, a high unemployment rate and so on and so forth. These were all problems even before the…
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By Gilles Jourdan Food insecurity feeds the vicious circle of starvation suffered by the populations living in protracted conflict-affected countries. Indeed, states that lack the institutions and capacities to provide political and economic stability are often on the break of both conflict and famine. This issue, which further increases the…
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By Rieke Smit Food can bring people closer together, but it can also create distance, especially when it is lacking. Eva Heikki, nurse for Doctors Without Borders, talked to Uttryck Magazine about the role of food in her humanitarian work. As a trained ICU nurse, she has accompanied Doctors Without…
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By Lycke Holmén As countries begin to roll out vaccination campaigns, the end of the pandemic is finally in sight. But with rich countries hogging up to four times the doses necessary, poorer countries are left scrambling. In February, South Africa became the first sub-Saharan country to distribute its first…
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By Alexandra Ndisi Grantham A good friend of mine once made an interesting comparison between the concept of a perfect state to Newton’s third law; For every action in nature, there is an equal and opposite reaction. “Forces occur in pairs, one body cannot exert a force on another without…
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By Giorgia Bracelli For decades, Sweden has been hailed by observers around the world as a shining example of what a well-functioning society should look like. Sweden ranks above average in all dimensions of the OECD Better Life Index: environmental quality, civic engagement, education and skills, work-life balance, health status,…
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By Celine Hedin Last year fundamentally changed many aspects of life for all of us. Today’s digital world has truly brought out interesting contrasts: in times of physical restrictions, social media and other technical tools have allowed us to move forward with our lives and relationships, although with a digital…
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By Paola Zuleta At the beginning of 2021, China, in a similar fashion to other countries, laid forward a vaccination plan, but with some distinct differences. For instance, in China, vaccination priority has been given to all border operations, i.e. customs, arrival quarantine services, and transportation of goods and/or people…
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By Axel Falk After a coup in 2009, Madagascar has returned to electoral politics. This has been a welcome change in modus operandi to both the Malagasy people, as well as to Madagascar’s trade partners. However, this electoral system has since been subject to a long array of corruption scandals…
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By Jakob Ranglin Grissler The ongoing military coup in Myanmar has drawn the world’s attention to the state of democracy in Southeast Asia and is another proof that the “end of history” that Francis Fukuyama predicted in the 1990s is still far beyond the horizon. The democratic victory of the…
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