The protests in Sri Lanka: An alternative perspective

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What protesters consider as the Rajapaksa government’s failures have been symptoms, rather than causes, of the structural weaknesses threatening to tear apart the economy.

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‘We are in the midst of an intense global transition’, an interview with Zaynah Khanbhai, founder of South South Women

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Philippines uses ‘drug war’ tactics to fight COVID-19

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3 billion people in the world today can’t afford a healthy diet: UN Hunger Report

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Will Libya partitioned into East and West Libya in 2020?

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These five countries top the 2020 e-government ranking

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Uganda welcomes thousands of DRC refugees amid COVID-19 lockdown

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China’s Belt & Road Initiative: economic prosperity or hegemony?

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s debtbook diplomacy under the guise of a developmental helping hand, an economic windfall to his South-South friends, turns into a stranglehold on their very sovereign economic livelihoods.
Africa

‘Global Tourism Sector set to lose at least $1.2 trillion due to Coronavirus’

Tourism is the backbone of many economies and a lifeline for millions of people around the world, but COVID-19 has brought it to a halt, causing severe economic consequences globally.
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African entrepreneurs are driving prosperity despite a global crisis

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India: researchers to predict flood damage using satellite data

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As India recovers from the devastating effects of cyclones Amphan and Nisarga, water researchers at HR Wallingford in the UK are developing a method to predict damage from future flooding. Working for the Met Office Weather and Climate Science for...