Analysis - Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, ...

Despite some gains, the data highlight stagnation and, in some areas, backsliding in women’s political representation. The 2025 “Women in Politics” map serves as a stark reminder that without decisive ...

According to the 2025 edition of the IPU–UN Women “Women in politics” map, men outnumber women by more than three times in executive and legislative positi ...

For decades, the Congo Basin was largely invisible to climate science. Now, a new generation of Central African researchers ...

In her new book, A History of the World in Six Plagues, Edna Bonhomme describes a 2014 epidemic that decimated a neighborhood ...

Geneva/New York - New data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and UN Women reveal limited progress in achieving gender equality in political ...

BCG highlights how governments are reshaping energy policies to balance sustainability, security and affordability, focusing ...

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to tolerate Soviet spheres of influence in central and eastern Europe. Many ...

Rwanda appears to be betting on its reputation as a key security partner and sports destination to minimize any backlash to its involvement in the war.

Here’s why and how the moon can look yellow, orange or red without an eclipse and when Friday's total lunar eclipse blood ...

Extracted with permission from Land Power, Michael Albertus, Profile Books/ Hachette India.