Britain’s refusal to play its part in the Mediterranean migrant crisis will be a stain on our history
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“Shameful consequences?”: Europe contemplates Australian response to African migrants
Will the EU's contemplation of Australia's "solution" to the migration crisis, denying all those rescued at sea the right to…
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Asian investors, regional allies and European admirers: why the world overlooks Ethiopia’s rigged elections
Addis Ababa is too important a place to sideline over a small matter like democracy.
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“Sinai is safe”: the Bedouin tribespeople fighting a devastating tourism decline in the Egyptian peninsula
Tourists, central to the livelihood of tribesmen in the Sinai desert, have stopped travelling to the area due to unrest…
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What it’s like to be a Somali refugee in Kenya
Hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees have fled Al-Shabab across the border. But in Kenya, they face racial profiling, police…
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In today’s Burundi, neutrality is the best way to survive
The government’s divide-and-rule strategy seems to be working and there are rumours the police have drawn up a “kill list”.
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In Egypt, the left is struggling against apathy and fear
The death of Shaimaa al-Sabbagh sent shockwaves through Egypt’s left. Now, with elections postponed again, the movement is at an…
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You can’t betray the revolution: why Egyptian activist Alaa al-Aswany likes being a dentist
“A revolution is basically a human change, not a political one,” he says. “People are no longer the Egyptians they…
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