A mayor is reforming Sierra Leone’s rotten property tax
Jun 20th 2020FREETOWN AND KAMPALAWHEN ASKED why she wanted to be mayor of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown, Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr…
Racism in Australia is not just a thing of the past
Jun 20th 2020POLICE ON HORSEBACK gathered in a circle to defend the statue of Captain James Cook in Sydney’s Hyde Park. Australians…
Singapore promises roomier digs for migrant workers
MIGRANT WORKERS are vital to Singapore’s economy, as they make up two-fifths of the labour force. But they are not a popular…
North Korea blows up detente with the South
Nobody is sure why Kim Jong Un’s regime demolished a border liaison office. Expect more provocationAS THEATRICS GO, it was impeccable….
India and China have their first deadly clashes in 45 years
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Covid-19 infections are rising fast in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
Jun 6th 2020DELHI AND ISLAMABADOVER THE past week Bangladesh, India and Pakistan have largely lifted nationwide lockdowns intended…
A China-friendly politician is humiliated in Taiwan
“KAOHSIUNG PEOPLE are writing their own history” and “God bless Taiwan” read the yellow bandannas worn by many in the…
Governments all over Asia are silencing critical journalists
IT IS OVER a month now since the screen went dark. At 7.52pm on May 5th ABS-CBN, the biggest broadcaster in the Philippines, ceased…
How manufacturing might take off in Africa
THE FATHER of development economics and the father of African nationalism did not take long to fall out. Arthur Lewis had made…