In the dry season, Nigeria’s army puts Boko Haram on the back foot
THE CHIEF OF STAFF of Nigeria’s army, General Tukur Buratai, has often declared victory over Boko Haram, a jihadist group known…
Binyamin Netanyahu has bought loyalty with meaningless titles
IT TAKES ABOUT a dozen ministries to run Sweden, a country of 10m people. Austria, with a population of 9m, has a similar number….
Welcome to the World of FAMGA
When discussing topics such as personal information and privacy, conversations lead back to major tech companies. Various events…
Woman Scolds Mother for Allowing Kids to Drive Toy Car Without a License
A lady in a California park was nabbed in an outlandish video scolding a mother for letting her young son operate a toy car “without…
ESG investors get their heads around social risks
Jun 4th 2020COVID-19 HAS brought out the best and the worst of the corporate world. Carmakers are producing ventilators, and consumer…
Central Asian governments do not know how to talk about China
Jun 4th 2020FOR MILLENNIA fierce horsemen from Central Asia harried the Chinese empire’s flank, often setting the terms of engagement…
South Korea debates a massacre of 40 years ago
NEARLY HALF of today’s South Koreans were not yet born when it happened. In May 1980 citizens of the south-western city of Gwangju…
Algeria’s protest movement considers how and when to come back
Jun 4th 2020COVID-19 HAS killed around 700 people in Algeria, says the government, but the real toll is surely higher. The pandemic…
How Ugandan feminists make themselves heard
SAMANTHA MWESIGYE, a Ugandan lawyer, used to take offence when people called her a feminist. Everybody knew that feminists were…