Africa has to free itself from western criteria and find its own way to regain its position in the world, says Senegalese economist

The international community should support Afghanistan’s young democracy

Young women in the Arab world pick strong and creative women as role models

Ed Husain’s book “The house of Islam” contains important insights, but it is not the “global history” the subtitle promises

How Timbuktu’s ancient manuscripts were rescued from Islamist destruction adds to the myths shrouding the desert city

Filmmaker Talal Derki ruthlessly shows how children in war-torn Syria are brought up to become jihadists

How to respond to the Hormuz Strait tanker crisis

The SDGs cannot be achieved unless that agenda is properly financed in low-income countries

There are reasons why European investors are shying away from Africa

Istanbul election shows that people have become tired of Erdogan’s divisiveness