Written by Stig Jarle Hansen. Whilst the world closely watched the debacle in Afghanistan, equally important events in Tunisia fell under the radar. Ironically, the dissolution of the Tunisian parliament enhances […]
Written by Karim Merchant & Ingrid Nyborg. Whilst we wait for the Taliban to meet international human rights standards, it would be wrong to withhold humanitarian assistance as the harsh […]
Written by Karim Merchant & Ingrid Nyborg. 20 years after Western troops invaded Afghanistan in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Kabul has fallen. The speed of the Taliban’s […]
Written by Paul Beamont. “It will not be independent and it will not be British and it will not deter”, ran the Labour slogan before the 1964 election. They might […]
Written by Karim Merchant & Gry Synnevåg Following an eight-month period of shuttle diplomacy and challenging negotiation, the U.S. and the Taliban signed a peace agreement in February 2020. The […]
Market stall in Bamyan, Central Afghanistan. Photo: Jono Photography / Shutterstock Written by Karim Merchant & Gry Synnevåg Yet another crisis for Afghanistan After 40 years of war and violent […]
As the Ethiopian government controversially opens the country to genetically modified crops, now is the time for newly unshackled civil society voices to lead the debate, says Noragric PhD Fellow […]
Written by Karim Merchant, Gry Synnevåg & Arif Ammar. The Presidential election results announced in February became a hotly contested affair, with the electoral victor President Ashraf Ghani and third-time […]
Noragric PhD Fellow Noé Manuel Mendoza Fuente walks us through a visual history of colonialism and indigenous resistance from the Mexican city of Mérida. Compared with other cities founded by […]
Written by Paul Beaumont, PhD Fellow, Noragric. The corona crisis is not the beginning of the apocalypse but a symptom – we have been in the apocalypse for a while now. […]