Ecuador has legalised same-sex marriage

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

Femicides are frequent in Mexico, but civil-society organisations fight against this

Though the law forbids discrimination in Mexico, the road to gender equity remains long

Ghanaian feminists are using social media to change public discourse

Identity is a controversially debated topic, as can be seen in a recently published book in Germany

In Ghana, juvenile offenders are kept in prisons for adults which is against the law

The rise of right-wing populism is closely linked to the growth of offshore finance

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