AfricaMadagascar’s pop star president Thanks to a slick, polished campaign, former DJ Andry Rajoelina scored a remarkable victory in Madagascar’s elections By Marcus Schneider
EuropeFix the euro! Without higher government expenditure, the eurozone will disintegrate when the next recession hits By Dirk Ehnts
Latin AmericaThe mafia fights back The UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is becoming a victim of its own success By Sandra Weiss
AsiaIndia’s Great Wall of Equality How five million women formed a human chain in India's Kerala state to demonstrate for gender equality By Jayati Ghosh
AfricaA new hope for Congo? For the first time in history, an opposition candidate has been elected president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo By Friedrich Kramme-Stermose
AfricaCan Tunisia’s democracy survive? Political infighting, foreign interference and IMF-backed austerity threaten to push the country towards chaos By Youssef Cherif
EuropeThe Balkan Blues Why the EU should be working towards a new security architecture in south-eastern Europe By Winfried Veit
Future of social democracyRewriting the future of work In the age of automation, organised labour needs a new strategy – and a better narrative By Bruno Dobrusin
