Yoweri Museveni wins Uganda’s flawed presidential election
The shootings and intimidation began months before the voteAFTER ONE of the most violent election campaigns in Ugandan history,…
Sex with 12-year-olds is legal in the Philippines
Jan 14th 2021IT IS PERFECTLY legal in the Philippines—but almost nowhere else—for an adult to engage in consensual sex with…
India’s Supreme Court suspends the government’s farm reforms
THE STEAM and smoke that billow through the encampments that circle India’s capital are even thicker than the city’s wintertime…
Defunct royal families are making a comeback in Indonesia
SUAIB SYAMSUDIN SJAH recalls how uneasy he felt as his extended family began to chant on the fateful day. They had gathered by…
New platforms are bringing African comics to a broader audience
Jan 14th 2021JOHANNESBURGFOR ZIKI NELSON it began with TV cartoons: “X-Men” and “Spider-Man”. These led to “Archie”…
Have departing American officials made Taiwan into a booby trap?
Jan 14th 2021TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, the United States has not had diplomatic relations with Taiwan since it initiated them with…
A popular video game sparks a moral panic in Afghanistan
IN A BASEMENT webcafé in Kabul, Kazem Rahimi directs a scurrying armed figure around his screen. Scouring his sunlit online world,…
Uganda’s violent election has exposed divisions of age and class
IN A POOL hall in Kampala, the Ugandan capital, a group of boxers and nightclub bouncers are discussing elections. They were recently…
The Line in Saudi Arabia is an urbanist’s dream
IT IS PERHAPS the mother of all off-plan sales. The prospectus makes a seductive pitch to weary city-dwellers trapped in polluted…
Bahrain and the UAE are relying on a Chinese-made vaccine
They are hoping for both political and public-health benefitsASIDE FROM the ubiquitous masks, visitors to Dubai would be hard-pressed…