Portraying China’s presence in Africa with flags on maps can distort African states’ sovereignty and their power to make ...

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

Global power dynamics in Africa are shifting, with China eclipsing the influence of the US and France. China has become ...

China has become Africa's single largest trading partner. In response, media and policymakers in traditionally dominant states are increasingly using maps drenched ... in west, central and ...

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 ...

It's certainly not a small island: It's about three times the size of Texas. But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than ...

E NDING DEPENDENCE on foreign donors would not only lead to prosperity but also to “self-respect for our nation”. Thus argued ...

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 ...