By Celine Hedin In the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, on December 10th, 2010, an unlikely actor ignited the spark that would completely transform the country.
By Samantha Goldberg On April 6, 1994 a plane carrying Hutu President Juvenal Habyarimana was shot down in Rwanda, killing all passengers. Tensions between the two
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By Sakke Teerikoski In Spring 2018, South African grassroot activists Liz McDaid and Makoma Lekalakala were rewarded the Goldman Prize for stopping an unlawful nuclear deal
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By Samantha Goldberg Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the
Av John Öberg President Robert Mugabe var enväldig härskare över Zimbabwe i nästan fyra decennier. Landet har bördiga jordar och en välutbildad befolkning men en ekonomi
By Adam Chwojnicki Now one of the world’s most impoverished and underdeveloped countries, Mozambique was once regarded as the epitome of rapid economic growth in the
By Baptiste Marecaille The Tuareg are a people whose existence in the Saharan desert goes back to the birth of civilisation. Their culture, largely dependent on
Since the dramatic events in the middle of January, not much has been heard about the Gambia.