The Globalist

Two 1980s coup leaders move up the African strongman rankings with the removal of Mugabe from power.

“Never again,” adopted in the wake of the Second World War, has become nothing but an empty slogan in South Sudan, Syria, Libya and Yemen.

A refugee’s desperate bid to be reunited with her husband and daughter.

Behzad Yaghmaian recalls the experience of a Sudanese refugee family trying to cross into Europe illegally to seek asylum.

Behzad Yaghmaian recounts the tale of Nur’s journey to Istanbul.

Can Ethiopia resolve its differences with its Nile neighbors to share precious water?

Which country has been the site of the most attacks on aid workers between 2008 and 2012?

Will closer ties between Japan and South Sudan undo China’s diplomacy in the region — and hurt its investments?

Are countless acts of genocide the destiny of the human race?

Do the secessionist impulses that threaten to break apart troubled African countries make economic sense?