South Africa 30 years later

Culture; inequality; corruption; health; migration.

South Africa is losing its status as an upper-middle income developing country. Benjamin Fogel examines the challenges this poses for a young democracy.

South Africa’s constitution has allowed social movements to clock up a number of legal victories. But, Claire-Anne Lester asks, can the law really deliver social and economic justice?

South Africa is experiencing a wave of vigilante violence against poor Black migrants, mostly from the African continent. Musawenkosi Cabe reports.

When South Africa’s largest trade union broke with the ruling alliance, left-wingers saw cause for hope – but things soon turned sour. Niall Reddy and William Shoki explore the consequences of what happened next.

The ‘state capture’ of South Africa’s public services has seen billions sequestered by a new boss class as public services collapse. Ra’eesa Pather reports.

This year’s election could mark a major shift in South Africa’s parliamentary politics. But re-building a Left capable of winning popular support presents a far bigger challenge, argue William Shoki and Niall Reddy.

Italy’s extremist prime minister is courting politicians abroad even as she enacts an authoritarian agenda of hate at home. But Giorgia Meloni’s embrace by the mainstream needs to end, argues Elena Siniscalco.

In spite of the overwhelming odds against them, a spirit of feminist resistance exists among Afghanistan’s girls and women. Jen Ross reports.

Leprosy had been almost eliminated in Nigeria, but the disease has made a resurgence. Promise Eze reports on how patients continue to be abandoned by the government and stigmatized by society.

From arms deals to surveillance tech exchanges, Yara Hawari explains how alliances have been – and continue to be – fostered between Israel and various Arab governments.

Politicians using women, by Nilanjana Bhowmick.

Time to divest from the business of evangelicalism? By Rosebell Kagumire.

Gaza is another reason for division in polarized Brazil. By Leonardo Sakamoto.

Report on the Israel/Palestine conflict by Oren Ziv.

Citizens of Cyprus are calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, writes Richard Matoušek.

Nepal transformed from a safe-haven into an open-air prison, writes Steve Shaw.

Papua New Guinea; Bangladesh; Jamaica; Peru; Sub-Saharan Africa.

Citizenship rule changes in Malaysia by Graeme Green.

Adele Walton reports on the digital human and labour rights of sex workers in Europe.

Senegal’s fishing industry has now collapsed, reports Tristen Taylor.

Rahila Gupta reports on arrests in El Salvador.

Brazil’s most prominent housing activist, by Richard Swift.

Kashmir’s apple farming struggling with the effects of climate change.

120 Tudun Biri village civilians killed in northwest Nigeria by a drone, reports Promise Eze.

Homeward bound; Trans Health win; Chocolatiers of the rainforest.

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Sophie Neiman reports from a stifling court in Kampala, where activists are waging a bitter legal battle to overturn Uganda’s harsh anti-gay law.

‘Inequality of life’ by Rodrigo de Matos (Portugal).

Cancelled: Jewish journalist Masha Gessen.

Argentina: "No hay cuerpos sanos en territorios enfermos".

The photos, facts, and politics of Georgia.

ILYA looks back on the botched US invasion of Cuba after Fidel Castro’s revolution.

Highlighting the work of artists and photographers from the Majority World.

Indian author Amitav Ghosh talks to Graeme Green about colonialism and the current opioid crisis.

Average global temperature, by P J Polyp.

International law, by Marc Roberts.

Four sources of climate hope. Words by Danny Chivers.

Press the trigger. Illustration by Kate Evans.

Leader of the British Labour Party.

Ethical and political dilemmas abound these days. This month: Climate camp.

Business Power and the State in the Central Andes; Lovebug; Alphabetical Diaries; Ghost Pains.

The Zone of Interest; The Settlers (Los Colonos).

Delight; If I Must Die and other works.

A new study of civilizational thinking leaves no doubt as to its 19th century origins, writes Ed McNally.

Words by Graeme Green.