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The Deadliest Catch: Migrant Trafficking Through Libya
The number of migrants attempting to migrate to Europe via the Mediterranean reached epic proportions after the…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the second of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA)…
America’s Retreat: Russian and Chinese Leadership in the…
Editor's Note: This article is the first of a two-part series on the Middle East and North Africa's (MENA) shifting…
How the West Adamantly Condemns Libya’s Slave Trade —Yet…
On November 13, CNN released a video of slave auctions in Libya. The video showed an off-screen auctioneer offering…
The Fall of an Empire: President Mugabe’s…
President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and his party the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF)…
The Price of a Man: Libya’s Migrant Slavery Crisis
Shortly after dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s death in 2011, experts forecasted difficult years of state reconstruction…
South Africa’s #BlackMonday Protests Suggest that…
On October 30th, a procession of trucks, tractors, and farmers dressed in black lined South Africa’s roadways. The…
The Purge: Oil and the Angolan Economy
Lourenco has begun puring is cabinet of Dos Santos loyalists. Will this help end the corruption plaguing the…
Conditional Empowerment: Shifting Community Land Rights…
Pastoralism has been a key feature of East African savannas for millennia. Herders in Kenya practice mobile…
MIR Meets EP 2: Marie-Hélène Gyorog
Meet Marie-Hélène Gyorog! A native of Geneva, Switzerland, Marie-Hélène has a strong interest in global migration…
WHO Let Mugabe Out? Political Pressure and the Future of…
Global health stewardship and the 37 year-old rule of Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe are rarely thought of in…
“No Raila, No Peace”: Kenya’s Growing…
“Kenyans want us to succeed,” Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s recently re-elected incumbent president, said to reporters…