The sheer brilliance of Iran’s three-tiered governance structure
The founder of the Rainbow/PUSH coalition — a US civil rights and social justice organisation — was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa
The two parties condemned the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife as a violation of international law
According to Transparency International’s 2023 Corruption Perception Index, Uganda scored 26 on a scale from 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean)
In the real world, diplomacy is driven by economic interests
Sanctions can at best slow China from taking the global lead in chip manufacturing. At their worst, they will raise the chances of chip wars spilling into a physical or economic…
The renewal comes as the Harare government cracks down on members of the opposition and journalists, alongside proposed amendments to laws critics say will stifle the work of NGOs
Sanctions are not the answer: Sending well-armed soldiers to evict Russian forces is
The effects of the war in Ukraine have brought much of the world’s attention to energy prices. But food insecurity is also rising and will likely get worse
Restricting supplies from the West would be effective – and it should not have expropriated goods that Russia legitimately acquired
The main concern for companies is not whether they should have a political conscience, but how, in light of sanctions, can they profitably trade
The rise in oil and food prices owing to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is hitting poorer countries the hardest
The threat of a major war in Europe has kept global financial markets on tenterhooks
The layoffs will come at the Chinese company’s US-based research and development arm, Futurewei Technologies, which is incorporated in Texas
An award-winning film proves a documentary can serve up its points in a short space of time
The tenacity of Palestinian people in the face of brutal annihilation should encourage us all
Diamond-rich Botswana has offered to lend neighbouring Zimbabwe $95m in private sector loans to help ease its economic crisis
Having long failed to establish a stable political system, the government of President al-Bashir has presided over a prolonged economic crisis
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, who faces US fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking dealings with Iran, has infuriated Beijing
President Donald Trump’s administration re-imposed sanctions lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal
