Opinion: Should we be glad that Cecil the lion is dead?
The killing of a well-known wild lion in Zimbabwe by a US…
Opinion: end of an era
With Mullah Omar's death, the Taliban have lost a unifying figure. The…
Opinion: KMW-Nexter merger creates European arms giant
The German tank manufacturer Krauss-Maffei Wegmann has merged with its French competitor…
United Nations World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Conflict, terrorism, economic turmoil, natural calamities, disease: we are living in an…
Opinion: Erdogan on the warpath
Turkey is bombarding "IS" strongholds - but also those of the Kurdish…
The increasing burden of diabetes in China
China’s economic growth in the last three decades has dramatically transformed the…
Opinion: Froome deserved better treatment
There are reasons many people doubt that cycling is completely free of…
Will the new Investment Law launch Egypt’s investment recovery?
Egypt has recently enacted a new law on investment that amends the…
The parliament and the Egyptian elite
I have never officially belonged to any political current. I never held…
Opinion: Nkurunziza’s victory puts Burundi at risk
In Burundi the Electoral Commission has announced that incumbent President Pierre Nkurunziza…