As a dedicated Liberal I’ve always vaguely subscribed to the Whig view of history, defined roughly that, by and large, on the whole and in the main, things are gradually getting better.  Improvements ...

Many in South Sudan now perceive Uganda as aiding a government viewed by ordinary citizens as oppressive, illegitimate, and disconnected from their plight. Some South Sudanese now believe Uganda no ...

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

The head of the U.N. children's agency says the war in Sudan has created the world’s largest and most devastating ...

The US was a world leader in refugee resettlement. Trump stopped all that with one executive order. What does the end of ...

Most Ugandans bear no ill will toward South Sudan, and South Sudanese remain committed to the values of good neighbourliness.

The International Criminal Court where detained former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will face justice after his arrest in the Philippines is a court of last resort for the most serious ...

The Chaldean patriarch of Baghdad, Cardinal Louis Raphael Sako, said most of the Iraqi population has been distressed by Pope ...

One look at the headlines recently and anyone would know that cuts to foreign aid are jeopardizing hard-won progress on a range of issues. AIDS is one of them. According to UNAIDS, without new ...

In South Sudan, our female colleagues are challenging gender roles in their community. They are excelling in their jobs and ...

When Apat was a child and just beginning to study at a school outside the refugee camp where she was born and raised, a woman raised her voice one day to tell her to leave, to go back to her country, ...

When power is informal and succession rules are unclear, chaos follows. This is often exacerbated by the lack of presidential ...