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Reuters/ Justin Makangara

Hope, struggles and the call for true leadership

In the upcoming elections, the Congolese are driven by the wish for a leader who’s love for their country will spurt political action

Reuters/Afolabi Sotunde

Interviews

‘Every woman around the world has something to learn from Cameroonian women’

Winner of the German Africa Prize, Sally Mboumien, on the ongoing civil war in Cameroon, violence against women and their fight for peace

Reuters/Toby Melville

European integration

Barking up the wrong European tree

Only a Europe of networks will be able to secure public goods in the unbounded, digitalised and interdependent EU of today

By Jan Zielonka

Reuters/Ali Khara

Interviews

‘So many Afghans have not given up on a better future’

Human rights activist Shaharzad Akbar on the current living situation in Afghanistan, gender apartheid and important takeaways for the Global North

Reuters/Charles M. Vella

Total honesty and far-right lies

The confidence with which analysts have settled on the causes of Geert Wilders’ victory is misplaced. More humility and introspection are needed

By Tom Theuns, László Andor

Reuters/Oriental Image

Hard truths about green industrial policy

Governments are adopting industrial policies to speed up the green transition. But their underlying win-win narrative obscures the associated risks

By Ilias Alami, Jack Copley, Alexis Moraitis

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Gaza: A litmus test for COP28

As seen with the Ukraine war, conflicts often shift priorities away from climate. Instability could see climate efforts shelved in favour of security

By Karim Elgendy

Reuters/ Latin America News Agency

‘Chilean society remains polarised’

Chile’s former President Michelle Bachelet on the 50th anniversary of the military coup, the dispute over the constitution and social inequality