Democracy and society | 08.08.2025 Bolivia’s bitter divide An election without consensus in one of Latin America’s poorest countries risks dismantling decades of social progress
Democracy and society | 11.04.2024 Global amnesia After a year of war, Sudan is mired in one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet. How much longer until the international community acts?
Democracy and society | 20.07.2023 A highly explosive situation The conflict in Sudan continues, threatening to spill over to other parts of the region and creating one of the fastest-growing refugee crises
Interviews | 21.04.2023 'Both see a chance to finally eliminate their arch-enemy' Christine-Felice Röhrs on the bloody power struggle in Sudan, activities of Russian Wagner mercenaries in the country and chances for negotiations
Democracy and society | 25.11.2021 The Sudanese revolution lives on Despite Prime Minister Hamdok's return to power, Sudan's military coup isn't fully defeated. But the people's spirit of resistance is [...]
After the protests is before the reform Madagascar’s youth-led protests have brought down a president, but without structural reform, old habits of power will persist
Why conscription is the wrong answer The revival of this question means a failure of political imagination and democratic governance, both for Europe’s youth and its history of peace
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