Opinions

By Mie Hoejris Dahl MEXICO CITY — Throughout 2025, Latin America remained a battleground between efforts to conserve some of the world’s most valuable ecosystems and mounting pressure from organized crime and legal extractive industries pushing into new frontiers. Home to about 40% of the world’s known species, Latin America is one of the world’s most biodiverse

By Nathaniel Kyere Bekoe Social media has been abuzz with news of a man popularly known as Ebo Noah, who claims to have built an ark to save humanity ahead of an impending flood on Dec. 25, 2025. His video has garnered millions of views locally and globally.  The Ebo Noah Fuss A Ghanaian social media user claims that he

By Jamal Abdi From post-conflict success story to geopolitical flashpoint, Somaliland’s long quest for recognition is entering a decisive phase. Upon gaining independence from British colonial rule on 26 June 1960, Somaliland received full recognition from 35 states, including all permanent members of the UN Security Council. On 1 July 1960, it merged with Italian Somalia.

By Annemieke Apergis-Schoute Most of us have experienced it: a deadline approaches, the task is perfectly doable, yet instead of starting, we suddenly feel compelled to tidy a drawer or reorganise the apps on our phone. Procrastination feels irrational from the outside but gripping from the inside. Although it’s often framed as a failure of

By NJ Ayuk A quarter of the way into the 21st century, digital technology has infiltrated the daily lives of billions of people to an incredible degree across the globe — but not everywhere… yet. As digital penetration rapidly nears 100% in many parts of the world, the fastest-growing markets are in developing countries where even