Desert stands: France in the Sahel
Terror groups and separatists run riot in the sprawling region, and France has had some success in keeping the peace. But how, and when, to draw down its troops? Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the World Trade O...
16 Feb 202122min
No Capitol punishment: Trump’s acquittal
Donald Trump was all but certain to be cleared in his Senate trial, and so it went. But the few Republican votes to convict are telling. What next for the former president? A look into Swiss efforts t...
15 Feb 202124min
Exit-stage plight: Brexit’s costs come due
Stock-trading is shifting to the continent; businesses are bound up in red tape; border issues are still simmering. There is far more than mere “teething problems” as Britain and Europe adjust to thei...
12 Feb 202122min
The coup is on the other foot: Myanmar
A power-grab by the army’s commander, Min Aung Hlaing, is not turning out to be easy: the greatest protest movement in a generation is gathering steam. Debates over trans rights are particularly fraug...
11 Feb 202122min
Like hell out of a bat: SARS-CoV-2’s origin
The World Health Organisation unveiled preliminary findings, suggesting the coronavirus probably jumped to humans via an intermediary animal and all but ruling out a laboratory leak. We examine the ma...
10 Feb 202120min
Very long covid: the lasting risks to Africa
So far it seems the continent has weathered the pandemic well. But current numbers mask a future reckoning that is likely to have dire human and economic costs. We look into the “predatory trading” th...
9 Feb 202121min
The art of the done deal: Trump on trial, again
The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump will make history, but its outcome is assured. We ask what the proceedings say about the Republican Party. China’s youth are making their own way, even as ...
8 Feb 202122min
Ballot bonanza: Latin America’s year of elections
Ecuador’s elections on Sunday kick off a packed year of polls in the region. Democracy’s foothold in South America looks assured; in Central America, less so. Engineers are vastly improving the core t...
5 Feb 202121min
