The Ghanaian government has taken a custom and levies approach to a centuries-old 'immigrant trader' phenomenon, that seems ...

Two men in front of graffiti on a wall which reads 'Putin is a fucker' and 'Ukraine', in March 2022 in Moscow Ever since Putin invaded Ukraine last year, people have been asking why Russians are not ...

The government’s decision to end the automatic right to family reunion for people fleeing war, conflict and persecution creates “an additional level of cruelty” for refugees, a family therapist ...

Israeli troops now routinely 'secure' the Old City of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, severely restricting Palestinians' movements, to allow Israeli settlers to tour the city Two months into Israel ...

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Question: What do a recently-released International Crisis Group report (‘Tajikistan: the changing insurgent threats’) and the latest Red River computer game (‘Operation Flashpoint’) have in common?

Las redes feministas sostienen el acceso al aborto en la provincia argentina de Misiones, ante el corte deliberado de ...

Pero el asedio a los derechos sexuales y reproductivos ocurre en un país que fue amasando durante décadas un movimiento que ...

El apoyo a la ultraderecha no se explica por un colapso material abrupto ni por una marginalización extrema de los sectores ...

Trump’s military campaign and threats of regime change in Venezuela add uncertainty to the country’s democratic future ...

A members of the Mara Salvatrucha gang displays his tattoos inside the Chelatenango prison in El Salvador. Moisen Saman/Flickr. Some rights reserved. Twenty year-old ...