African Debt: The Hidden Story of How the World Bank and the IMF Destroyed Africa

Do Violent Protests Work?

Political violence is not a new thing and that is true in authoritarian and democratic systems. Take any…

The Story of Chilli is One of Politics, Geography and Culture

Planting Trees To Solve Climate Change? It’s More Complex Than That.

How America Started to Lose its Religion.

In the 19th Century philosophers like Nietzsche and Freud predicted that increasing wealth in societies would spell the death of religion and the 20th Century seemed to prove them right with one exception, the US. This article from The Atlantic explores…

The Rise, and Potential Fall of the Asian Century

What Xenophobia in South Africa Means for The Ideal of Pan-Africanism

Historically the ideal of Pan Africanism was at the heart of independence movements across Africa. This article examines how the recent deadly bout of xenophobia in South Africa has damaged not only that nation…

Is Russia Profiting From Africa’s Wars?

The African continent has been rocked by conflict for nearly a century. Nearly half of the…

Computers Can Do a Lot of Things, but Reading Isn’t One of Them

Climate Change Is Enabling the Spread of Deadly Mosquito-Borne Diseases