What next for Mali?
Mutinous soldiers have toppled the president. They may have more trouble dealing with protesters and jihadistsAug 19th 2020by JOHANNESBURGMALIANS are no strangers to coups d’état. In 1991 the armed forces stepped in after sustained protests against Moussa Traoré, the dictator who had ruled the west African country since 1968. (Traoré himself had led a coup…
Tokyo’s New Transparent Public Restrooms Are A Stroke Of Brilliance
It’s difficult to fathom a public restroom with transparent walls — though, a counterintuitive design has done just that. Around the globe, restrooms get no love. Even in Japan, where public toilets have a steeper standard of hygiene than in most regions of the world, residents hold a phobia that toilets in public are smelly,…