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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaDespite Covid-19, Libya war rages with civilians at risk
After years of getting away with their crimes, armed groups in Libya continue to destroy the country’s fragile...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionHow Africa is leading the way to a zero waste future
From Egypt to Tanzania, public waste management schemes are offering green alternatives to privatisation.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaEgypt: a brutal history of state encounters
Egyptian photographer and director Shady Habash’s death in prison is one in a long history of state brutality in the country.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA Libya story: pandemic and human rights in times of conflict
How does a fragmented state fight a global pandemic?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionPeople in the Global South don’t need debt relief, they need a new system
Far from being the 'great leveller', COVID-19 has exposed and deepened socio-economic inequalities.
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Published in: 50.50Stuck in a foreign land with no passport or work
I support family in Ethiopia, have to pay my Lebanese sponsor who keeps my passport - and my cleaning work has...
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Published in: 50.50: OpinionCoronavirus must not repeat the injustice of AIDS treatment – particularly for Africans
My uncle helped develop life-saving AIDS drugs, then died when he couldn’t afford them. This cannot happen again.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA call from North Africa: sovereignty over our land, food and destiny
The only solution before us is unity and solidarity in order to build a new world in which people’s sovereignty,...
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Published in: ourEconomyWill Zimbabwe’s diamonds be forever? A glimpse into a nation’s resource rich curse
Murky deals with Russian and Chinese firms mean super-exploitation in Zimbabwe's communities and super-profits for...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionWe need to ramp up global public spending to fight COVID-19
The pandemic has shown us that global solidarity is not a nice idea – it is a necessity.
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Published in: 50.50Alarm as 2 billion people have parliaments shut or limited by COVID-19
Democracy groups warn of 'significant risks' to rights around the world as a growing number of parliaments shut down...
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Published in: Home: OpinionShaping a new social contract through the pandemic
The actions of governments, business, investors and civil society in response to COVID-19 will shape our futures.
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Published in: 50.50Family offers no solace
How can LGBTIQ people find solace in family or religion when these are the sources of our pain? #HumansofCOVID19
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Published in: HomeThe impact of COVID-19 is all down to inequality
Coronavirus must change the neoliberal rationale, and rescue the social contract between the welfare state and the...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab world between a formidable virus and a repressive state
What does the coronavirus pandemic spell for democracy in the Arab world?
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Published in: HomeSign up to our coronavirus DemocracyWatch newsletter
Regimes around the world are rushing through anti-democratic measures. Sign up to our newsletter to follow the crackdown.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Enlarging the context on COVID-19: Europe and Africa
As the dust on the first brutal phase of the pandemic settles in Europe, containment of the pandemic cannot succeed...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCan the coronavirus save the planet?
The corona crisis signifies a civilization that is dying. But it also shows a 'pluriverse' of other worlds rising up.
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEvery cent lost to tax havens could be used to strengthen our health and social systems
It’s women in the informal sector who are suffering the harshest effects of our broken tax system.
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionThe British government has abandoned the Global South to coronavirus
The coronavirus pandemic could be a ticking time bomb for the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet just when global...