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Satellite image from Planet Labs taken on 25 March in the Nasir district of Upper Nile State, South Sudan. It shows where airstrikes by government forces have destroyed civilian infrastructure.

South Sudan

Renewed conflict is jeopardising South Sudan’s peace process

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by Parach Mach
Our image is taken from one of Africa Check’s guides: “Africa Check’s guide to zombie claims: how to spot false information that just won’t die.”

Fact checking

Combating fake news

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by Alphonce Shiundu
Alphonce Shiundu

Youth participation

Rallying young Mexicans against corruption

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by Pamela Cruz
Pamela Cruz
India’s President Droupadi Murmu.

Head of state

The ambivalent role of India’s president

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by Arun P. Ghosh
The Bahamas are widely considered a tax haven.

Right-wing extremism

Global oligarchy, shrouded in secrecy

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by Hans Dembowski
Protests against former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Ronald “Bato” Dela Rosa in Manila in March following Duterte’s arrest.

Philippine humour

“Joke lang!” – “Just kidding!”: Political humour in the Philippines

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by Angelo R. Lacuesta
In February 2025, Argentina’s president Javier Milei presented Elon Musk with his “chainsaw against bureaucracy”, and Musk exclaimed: “I am become meme.”

Far right

How the far right uses humour and meme culture to its advantage

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by Mirco Göpfert
by Konstanze N’Guessan

Repression

Student movements in India face growing government scrutiny

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by Arun P. Ghosh
Cartoon by Iranian artist Mana Neyestani.

Authoritarian regimes

“Humour helps overcome the fear imposed by dictatorship”

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by Mana Neyestani
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