The AU must not allow Tunisia’s Saied to harm African unity
Tunisia's populist president is trying to divide us using a white supremacist conspiracy from Europe.
Category Archives: Opinions
Sex trafficking will only increase while buying sex is legal
Countries serious about ending the heinous crime of trafficking should consider implementing the Nordic model.
Afghanistan is ready to work with the US, but sanctions must go
Afghanistan's new leaders believe in dialogue and an exchange of ideas. But it takes two hands to clap.
Russia’s Supreme (Court) loss
A recent decision by the UK's top court ruined Putin's efforts to break the Western-led economic order from within.
Feminists need to oppose hijab bans as much as hijab mandates
From India to France, bigots are scared of the hijab. Why are Western feminists so deafeningly silent about this?
An ICC warrant against Putin is good – and hypocritical
It's good that the ICC has charged Putin with war crimes. But what about the blood on the hands of the US and Israel?
Afghan women deserve a Nobel Peace Prize
Under the Taliban regime, Afghan women are facing growing hostility and restrictions, but they continue to resist.
Rape as a weapon of war against asylum seekers
Disturbing reports of sexual assault in the Darién Gap reveal yet another horrifying aspect of border warfare.
Gender equality isn’t possible without abortion and contraception
Access to reproductive health protects women and girls, uplifts them and allows them to prosper.
Jeffrey Marsh is wrong: Trans rights, parent concerns both matter
While trans rights must be upheld, parents and feminists worried about their children must be heard.
Imran Khan crisis: Is Pakistan facing its own January 6 moment?
Unless political parties, the military and the judiciary abide by the Constitution, coming elections won't fix anything.
It was not Saied who introduced anti-Black racism to Tunisia
But the country cannot defeat this old societal ill under his divisive and hateful regime.
Biden’s pick for World Bank president can’t fix its crisis
Instead of curbing poverty, as its mission outlines, the bank entrenches inequality. Its US-led governance is to blame.
At Europe’s hostile borders, the smallest acts of kindness matter
We should recognise and praise the few border security officers who offer a helping hand to asylum seekers.
How an LGBTQ court ruling sent Kenya into a moral panic
The legal pushback against Kenya's anti-LGBTQ colonial-era laws has unleashed vicious homophobia in the public space.
Forget Nazis, Britain’s cruel refugee plan mimics its own history
UK has historically been more a refugee-making country than a refugee-taking one. It refuses to confront that truth.
Israel was built on burned Palestinian villages
What happened in Huwara was neither new nor out of the ordinary.
The battle for the future of objectivity
Criticism of The New York Times's coverage of trans rights reveals the problem with claiming objectivity in journalism.
The Saudi-Iran détente and its regional implications
What the normalisation between two regional powers means and does not mean.
In Ecuador, the US risks being on the wrong side of history
The Biden administration should stop extending blind support for Guillermo Lasso's corruption-ridden presidency.