2026

COSTA RICA: ‘The defence of democracy must be a common cause’

CENTRAL AMERICA

LIECHTENSTEIN: ‘We have one of the strictest abortion bans in Europe’

Zambia: an uneven contest leads to an easy win

Crackdown on opposition and last-minute closure of the courts help secure president’s re-election

SOUTHERN AFRICA

SWEDEN: ‘The new migration laws are so vague that people don’t know what might be used against them’

Europe: a race to the bottom on migrants’ rights

Ceuta deaths overshadowed by competition to look toughest on migration

GUINEA-BISSAU: ‘It’s not enough to ask citizens to say yes or no: public debate must be guaranteed’

A divided vote for the UN’s human rights chief

Volker Türk’s second-term appointment election sees the USA side with Russia and North Korea

GLOBAL GOVERNANCE

TUNISIA: ‘People are taking to the streets because promises of social justice remain unfulfilled’

NORTHERN AFRICA

ECUADOR: ‘Criminalisation serves as a deterrent, seeking to discipline others’

SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Classifying gender-based violence as a national disaster was never the finish line, it was the starting point’

SOUTHERN AFRICA