CONFLICT | CRISIS

Long-term solutions must also be advanced to respect human rights

Government is doing everything it can to evade international accountability

Urgent humanitarian response needed for the many displaced in the country and across borders

Regional body should follow civil society’s roadmap towards democracy

Authoritarian leader Bashar al-Assad welcomed back into the Arab League despite widespread rights abuses

Battle between two military factions shows they were never serious about democratic transition

Wagner Group is spreading Russian influence – and extracting vital resources – in country after country

Energy crunch and pro-Russia protests pose biggest post-independence test for democracy

Destructive impacts worsened by conflict, authoritarianism and corruption

Ukraine’s civil society is responding while Russia’s endures further crackdown