For decades, the global economy has promised convergence. The message has been straightforward: open your markets, liberalise your trade, attract investment, and prosperity will follow. Yet many ...

A large number of couples arrive at the venue of a state-sponsored wedding reception at the Kano state governor's office after taking part in a mass wedding at the central mosque in Kano State, ...

During the sixth session of the G-7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 21, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo underscored the right of every country to development, which must be respected. As ...

An interesting critique of the Iranian intellectual left who had their dogmas - particularly those around anti-imperialist struggle - shattered by the events of the revolution. Also contains ...

The phenomenon of state-sponsored weddings across Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim northern region raises pertinent questions on the limits of political benevolence. A large number of couples arrive at ...