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Violence Against Health Workers Must End

PORT HARCOURT – This summer, a male patient at Specialist Hospital Damaturu in Nigeria’s Yobe State physically assaulted a female health-care worker following a dispute over the provision of medical attention. Sadly, this is a relatively common experience for health-care workers in Nigeria, especially women. Surveys conducted in hospitals in Kaduna state and Abia state found that 64%

Government Shutdowns and America’s Broken Democracy

Congress spent this month tying up loose ends, after spending the year reviewing White House budget requests, listening to lobbyists,

North Africa’s Scramble for the Sahel

The Sahel is no longer a chessboard on which the struggles between the West and Russia play out. More importantly,

What a China-EU Climate Deal Could Do for the World

China has committed to achieve peak emissions by 2030 and net-zero by 2060; but this still implies that its cumulative

How Off-Grid Solar Can Transform an Economy

LILONGWE – Like many African countries, Malawi faces significant energy-access challenges. In 2024, just 26% of the population had regular access to

Gen Z and Nepal’s political future: A new era beyond…

We must therefore welcome change and support them. Those who thrive in politics and take pride in the glare of

How Should Africa Respond to Trump’s Tariffs?

Although these tariffs were presented as being directly proportional to the barriers other countries allegedly impose on US goods, they

Trump’s Tariffs Will Widen the North-South Divide

In fact, Trump’s tariffs – which reflect the view that economic interconnectedness is a strategic weapon to wield, rather than

For Whom the Ukrainian Bell Tolls

Manpower is among Russia’s greatest advantages in its war against Ukraine. Though Ukraine’s daily casualties are lower, its population is

Bolsonaro and Trump Have Revealed the Biggest Threat to Democracy

Trump’s trajectory was different. He rose to prominence in the 1980s as a political bomb thrower, calling for the death