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Youth movement

Young Kenyans return to the streets for political change and justice

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by Jacob Opara
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping support one another.

Propaganda

When autocrats cooperate against democracy

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by Dagmar Wolf
One of many seriously injured during the Saba Saba protests.

Protests in Kenya

“I am plagued by doubts about how we as a country can survive”

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by Shakira Wafula
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
India’s President Droupadi Murmu.

Head of state

The ambivalent role of India’s president

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by Arun P. Ghosh
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
"Boxing", Khalid Albaih.

Our view

Political humour serves both freedom and extremism

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by Jörg Döbereiner
With love for fair elections and European Union membership: Protest against Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s decision to suspend negotiations on the country's bid to join the EU in Tbilisi, Georgia in December 2024.

Non-violent protest

Laughing in the face of oppression: How humour can defy autocracy

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by Sophia A. McClennen
by Srdja Popovic
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