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Time to build factories – again

Georgia’s neoliberal development model has failed. Now, it’s time to re-industrialise the economy

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Nigeria’s make or break elections

Nigeria has seen a massive surge in registered voters. But does the security situation allow for fair and free elections?

Reuters

From left to right

Nayib Bukele switched parties – and won El Salvador's Presidency. Does this political manoeuvering prepare him for Trump?

By Joachim Schlütter

Reuters

Madagascar’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

Reuters

The mafia fights back

The UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is becoming a victim of its own success

By Sandra Weiss

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India’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

Reuters

A 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

Reuters

Can Tunisia’s democracy survive?

Political infighting, foreign interference and IMF-backed austerity threaten to push the country towards chaos

By Youssef Cherif

Pexels

Who should control India’s central bank?

The Indian government is challenging the Reserve Bank of India's independence for all the wrong reasons

By Jayati Ghosh

Kate Holt/Africa Practice

Globalisation 4.0 for whom?

If world leaders finally abandon toxic neoliberalism, globalisation can be managed in a way that benefits everyone

By Winnie Byanyima