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The head of Sudan's Sovereignty Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, said the country may hand over ousted dictator Omar Bashir to the International Criminal Court.
Comment: Feeling threatened by protests, high unemployment, and a dismal economy, King Abdullah may see this as a useful excuse to clamp down on any criticism, writes Annelle Sheline.
Dismantling Denmark's white ghetto mentality
Comment: The concentration of immigrants in certain poor neighbourhoods is far more a sign of the ghetto mentality of Denmark's majority than that of its minorities, writes Khaled Diab.
Five shot dead in violent Bangladesh demos against Modi
Five supporters of the hardline Islamist Hefazat-e-Islam group were shot dead in Bangladesh after taking part in anti-Modi protests.
How diaspora activism lives on after the Arab Spring
In-depth: A decade after the Arab Spring, exiled activists have not given up hope, with groups and individuals working to bring justice and ...
Tanzania’s Samia Hassan becomes Africa’s first-ever Muslim woman president
Tanzanian Samia Suluhu Hassan has become the African continent’s first ever Muslim woman president following the mysterious death of Covid-sceptic leader John Magufuli.
Syrian activists: No regrets on tenth anniversary of revolution
In-depth: A decade after Syria's revolution began, activists say that despite the great sadness they feel for their country, they have no ...
Rights groups slam Iran for dismantling leading anti-poverty charity
A coalition of 15 civil society and human rights groups have rebuked Iran after a court upheld an assessment that a leading anti-poverty NGO had ...
The unfinished gender equality revolution of the Arab Spring
In-depth: Arab women played a pivotal role as activists, organisers and leaders during the 2011 uprisings, but a decade later the promise of ...
Trial sparks a wave of desperation in Iraq's Kurdistan
Comment: The trial of five Kurdish activists and journalists for 'spying' has left Kurds furious with their leaders. As hardship increases, they ...
Twitter and India play tug-of-war with democracy
Comment: In India, an increasingly authoritarian government combined with Twitter's willingness to put stakeholders before users raises ...
In Sisi's Egypt, even children are political prisoners
In-depth: Ten years after the Arab Spring, Sisi rules Egypt with an iron fist. Under the guise of fighting terrorism, civil society has faced an ...
Democracy at 'all-time low' following coronavirus driven by authoritarians
The Democracy Index in 2020 has hit an all-time low since the index was first produced in 2006.
Ten years on: Bahrain ‘crushed’ all dreams of reform
A new Amnesty International report marking ten years since the uprising in Bahrain said authorities in the Gulf kingdom have continued to crush ...
We needed a cultural revolution, not another uprising
The long read: Bahey el-Din Hassan explores how elites, who were unable to rise to the task of mounting organised collective action, caused the ...
Biden picks Obama aide Robert Malley for Iran envoy
Robert Malley, who was one of the negotiators of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, has been named as the top diplomat to Iran.
Ten years on, did Egypt's January 25 revolution fail?
In-depth: Further from the aspirations of the 2011 revolution than ever before, will the demand for 'bread, freedom and social justice' ever be ...
Kremlin accuses US of meddling after 3,500 protesters detained
Russia's accused the United States of interfering in its affairs on Sunday, as tens of thousands rallied in support of jailed opposition ...
Egypt buries a decade of hope and tyranny
Comment: Sisi has all but extinguished Egyptian dissent. Whether a new US president can force him into reforms he doesn't want to make remains ...
The eternal promise of the Arab Spring
Comment: The ideals of the Arab Spring remain out of reach for many. But the quest for freedom, though long and uneven, is inevitable and ...
With new US administration, the Khashoggi case could resurface
After Joe Biden was sworn in as its 46th president, the US faces questions on how to approach Jamal Khashoggi's murder blamed on the Saudi ...
Deplatforming Trump is no atonement for tech's sins abroad
Comment: Debate over deplatforming Trump misses the point: That from India to Myanmar, Silicon Valley has failed to police hate speech for ...
Tech fuelled the Arab Spring, then helped quash it
Comment: Social media played an important role in the Arab uprisings, but over the last decade, authoritarian regimes have embraced this ...
How Europe's inhumane border is keeping refugees in Africa
Comment: Europe's 'externalisation' policies have essentially pushed its borders deep into Africa, write Tara Ansari Esfahani and Mohammed Harun ...
Against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 saw the further erosion of Palestinian rights.
Bashar Al-Assad is once again trying to claim the state's legitimacy in the religious sphere.
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