2026

TOGO: ‘A generation that had largely stayed away from public engagement has crossed a threshold’

MALTA: ‘Young people see the value in protecting women’s health over enforcing religious doctrine’

JAPAN: ‘Popular sovereignty means little if Japan is bound by US military decisions’

CONFLICT | CRISIS

NIGER: ‘Every external critical voice is exploited as evidence of imperialism’

LEBANON: ‘The postponement of the election can’t be treated as a break from democratic responsibility’

PERU: ‘If authorities once again ignore the popular will, accumulated discontent could trigger a new outbreak’

TIMOR-LESTE: ‘When young people organise, even security forces have to listen’

TOGO: ‘The connection between economic hardship and politics drove people to the streets’

ESWATINI: ‘US deportees remain locked up in a maximum-security prison without due process’

SOUTHERN AFRICA

Botswana: criminalisation of same-sex relations off the books

A decade of legal struggle ends as penal code is revised, with marriage equality now in sight

SOUTHERN AFRICA