Kenyan youth are not to blame for their election apathy
For decades, elections have hardly made a difference in curbing violent plunder by Kenya's ruling class.
Category Archives: Opinions
Is a rift between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban imminent?
Tensions over border demarcation and TTP violence may damage relations between Islamabad and Kabul.
Norway must stop violating Indigenous rights
Climate change action must not be used to encroach on Indigenous lands and destroy Indigenous livelihoods.
The death of an inconvenient Palestinian
Last month, an elderly Palestinian man's death in Israeli custody unexpectedly became an inconvenience to governments.
British democracy is on the edge
What is at stake may not be the end of democracy, but a decline into semi-democracy is certainly on the cards.
The West should not continue to support Tunisia’s new dictator
The birthplace of the Arab Spring is now an autocracy and Western democracies helped it get there.
A tribute to a human rights defender killed by Myanmar’s junta
Pu Tui Dim was an unsung hero of our people’s revolution against military dictatorship.
Biden’s gambit in Ukraine is a risky gamble
Biden's strategy to whip war threat frenzy will not help contain Russia.
Is there a weakness in NATO’s Eastern flank?
Despite differences in rhetoric towards Russia, NATO's Eastern members will all fall in line on the Ukraine crisis.
How the Sue Gray report may (or may not) lead to a new British PM
Boris Johnson is running out of excuses.
Justice is the only answer to Myanmar’s bloody military reign
The international community must continue its efforts to investigate and prosecute the Myanmar army's crimes.
In Cameroon’s Ebo Forest, the Oscar should not go to DiCaprio
It was not DiCaprio's tweets, but the work of the local Banen communities that saved the precious Ebo Forest.
Why British Vogue’s ‘celebration’ of the African model fell short
Fashion continues to trade in the white lie that it is inherently a non-racial practice and a business.
Putin no longer fears a ‘democratic Ukraine’
Amid botched Western policies, pro-democracy Russians do not see post-Maidan Ukraine as a role model.
Afghanistan’s economy is collapsing, the US can help stop it
Giving the Afghan Central Bank limited, monitored access to its national reserves can save Afghan lives.
Ukraine: To war or not to war?
Both Russia and the US already gained all that they can from the Ukraine crisis, so why persist on the path to war?
Ethiopia’s new national dialogue can unify the divided nation
Prime Minister Abiy's initiative can put Ethiopia back on the path to sustainable peace and prosperity.
Ethiopia’s new ‘national dialogue’ cannot deliver inclusive peace
The Abiy administration is not ready or willing to negotiate a deal that can bring sustainable peace to the country.
The keyboard cavalry is back
The pundits who rallied for the war in Iraq are now giving advice on Ukraine.
Green gaslighting: Another face of climate denialism
All the talk about 'net zero' measures and 'climate resilience' investments is just a mass deception.