

The hazards of journalism in Africa
By Martin Plaut Reporting in a war zone The war in the northern Ethiopian region of Tigray, which erupted in November 2020, is probably the bloodiest current conflict in the world. It is also the least reported. Somewhere between 100,000 and 200,000 people have...
Is Chinese technology transforming the Commonwealth?
By Dr Kiran Hassan, Associate Fellow – Institute of Commonwealth Studies,
Is China’s growing presence in the media in Commonwealth countries compatible with the Commonwealth’s core values of good governance, freedom of expression and transparency?

Archive documents reveal the US and UK’s role in the dying days of apartheid
By Sue Onslow and Martin Plaut This piece was originally published in The Conversation on 18 July 2019 It is a quarter of a century since the end of apartheid in South Africa. But it’s easy to forget how complex, difficult and violent the birth of full...
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