Better the devil they know? Sri Lanka’s election
After multiple suicide bombings in April, much campaigning has been about security. Will Sri Lankans vote tomorrow for the authoritarian-but-effective candidate, or the more untested peacemaker? We ex...
15 Marras 201921min
Language barrier: Cameroon’s forgotten conflict
There is widespread terror in the largely Francophone country’s English-speaking region. Both hardline separatists and the army target civilians with shocking brutality. In a Central Asian valley, a t...
14 Marras 201922min
Umbrellas to firebombs: Hong Kong’s escalating protests
Molotov cocktails are flying and live rounds have been fired. Once-peaceful pro-democracy demonstrations are transforming into violent confrontations—and neither side seems willing to back down. The a...
13 Marras 201921min
The American Dreamer: DACA in the Supreme Court
The Trump administration has long wanted to scrap the “Dreamers” scheme, which allowed illegal immigrants who came as youths to stay in America. The question is whether the programme’s founding was le...
12 Marras 201922min
Unpresidented: Bolivia’s leader resigns
After weeks of protests following a disputed election, Evo Morales has stood down. Who is in charge, and how can the country escape its gridlock? On a visit to a military hospital our correspondent wo...
11 Marras 201921min
Persistence of division: after the Berlin Wall
This weekend marks three decades since the wall fell, yet stark divides remain between East and West. We revisit that moment of hope that remains unfulfilled. Ethiopia’s Somali state was until recentl...
8 Marras 201923min
Allez, Europe! Macron’s diplomatic push
This week our correspondent joined Emmanuel Macron on his visit to China. The French president is stretching his diplomatic wings, and has some striking views about Europe’s place in the world. The st...
7 Marras 201923min
Demonstrative: a global wave of protest
Today’s public-sector demonstrations in Zimbabwe are just the latest in a wave of protests around the world. We look into why there are so many, and what might be driving them. It’s not all sound and ...
6 Marras 201922min
