For many readers this might be the first time you hear about Western Sahara or Morocco illegally occupying another country, and probably you picture Morocco’s southern border until Mauritania. I have written many angry letters and emails complaining about maps
The ethos of ‘new managerialism’ is stripping public services of moral and ethical values and replacing them with the market language of costs, efficiencies, profits and competition. Anything which is not easily quantified becomes undervalued or abandoned.
There is ridiculously high fear-mongering about Ebola. Although this is a serious epidemic, the impression must not be created that humanity is at the brink of extinction. We will overcome Ebola.
The downing of Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 (MH-17) undoubtedly reached a new tipping point of an unprecedented crisis unfolding in Ukraine. Even though the EU was actively involved in dealing with the crisis from its very beginning in November 2013, Brussels failed
‘You were supposed to be optimistic, you were supposed to give us hope. Instead you are only proposing despair.’ A letter to Israel’s best known Hebrew-language Palestinian author, columnist and entertainer, who after the racism and violence of recent weeks
Modern agriculture feeds over 7 billion people and, of course, provides many other commodities. Despite this, it is doubtful that mankind will be able to tackle all of the upcoming problems related to industrialised agriculture.
On September 27 of 2009, Adolfo Ich Chaman approached a group of well-armed security officers, prepared to represent his Maya Q’eqchi’ community in rural Guatemala. His family was one of many affected by a nearby mountaintop removal nickel mining operation
It’s not every day that you accidently stumble upon a refugee centre. However, that is exactly what I did in Msida, Malta after getting lost whilst looking for a barbers shop. As I walked up the ramp to approach the
What can we say about the situation in our country that hasn’t already been said? What ideology do we possess that hasn’t already made its way across the pages of our history books?
Tunisia has turned a political corner. But great economic problems remain which require careful management and good government, says Francis Ghilès.
