By Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Associate professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Itohan Osayande, Teaching Fellow in Public Health, University of Greenwich
Nigeria’s government launched an initiative in 2024 offering free emergency caesarean sections to poor and vulnerable women, in a plan to bring down the high number of mothers dying in childbirth.
Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, a maternal and newborn health researcher, and Itohan Osayande, a…
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By Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Research Associate, University of Oxford
Born in the US, Roger Ballen, the internationally renowned photographer, has lived in South Africa since the 1970s.
He gained a cult following for his grotesque, surreal images of white poverty, captured on the rural fringes during apartheid. His work exposed not only the exploitation and marginalisation of his subjects but also…
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By Giovanni Occhiali, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Institute of Development Studies
Faced with some of the worse debt levels in over a decade, African countries are struggling to find ways to balance their books. Increasing revenue sources from their citizens is an obvious place to look.
A good starting point for African countries would be to focus on the tax contribution of wealthy citizens. This is because the most under performing taxes across the African continent are those bearing on the income of wealthy individuals, namely…
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By Nurbek Bekmurzaev
The complexities surrounding derussifying names are an example of how past legacies are still felt in the region, affecting even the most basic life decisions.
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By Daria Dergacheva
After the war, during the Soviet era, speaking Tver Karelian became a source of embarrassment - it was associated with rural life and “traditional” ways, which clashed with Soviet ideology.
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By Arzu Geybullayeva
As such, the ongoing protests are not just about the arrested mayor but about Turkey's decline in rights and freedoms and the current economic crisis.
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By Guest Contributor
"How could I belong so completely in a place — speaking its languages, embracing its culture, living my entire life there — yet remain invisible in the eyes of the state?"
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People protest the military coup in Myanmar organized by the group "WeLoveMyanmar," outside the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Hiro Komae On March 21, during a session of the Japanese Diet on foreign affairs, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya expressed “serious concern” about the Myanmar military junta’s plans to hold national elections by January 2026. Myanmar junta leader Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing publicly announced the timeframe for the elections earlier this month during a visit to Belarus.In response to a question from…
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By Paul Crawford, Professor of Health Humanities, University of Nottingham
The cases of killers Valdo Calocane and Axel Rudakubana have sparked fierce debate over the place for people with severe mental health issues in wider society.
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image People protest the military coup in Myanmar organized by the group "WeLoveMyanmar," outside the United Nations University in Tokyo, Japan, February 11, 2021. © 2021 AP Photo/Hiro Komae On March 21, during a session of the Japanese Diet on foreign affairs, Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya expressed “serious concern” about the Myanmar military junta’s plans to hold national elections by January 2026. Myanmar junta leader Sr. Gen. Min Aung Hlaing publicly announced the timeframe for the elections earlier this month during a visit to Belarus.In response to a question from…
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