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MENA Middle East North Africa
Lebanon

Fundamental change is indispensable

After failing disastrously, Lebanon’s political system needs fundamental change

Global trends

In urgent need of development

If Africa is not to fall behind further, the continent must develop fast

Lockdown

Falling ill while far from home

For two Libyan correspondents abroad, dealing with foreign medical systems became a personal battle

Conflict transformation

Collective trauma

Violent conflicts can lead to the traumatisation of entire communities

Collective memories

Legacy of wounds

Peace-work contributes to a healing process of collective trauma in Lebanon

International Criminal Court

Revisiting the peace versus justice debate

Demands for criminal accountability can be an obstacle to peace

Summer Special

Kolkata, New York, Venice

Amitav Ghosh’s novel “Gun island” deals with global heating and global migration

Citizen-photographers

Finding beauty in a war zone

Defying a civil war, photographers and other artists are fanning around Tripoli to search for beauty amid the destruction

African perspectives

Triple challenge

In view of triple Covid-19 challenge, African countries must rely on domestic capabilities

Tumbling oil price

End of an era

The news went from bad to worse for OPEC in April

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