After the main Namibian party started alternating candidates between men and women, female representation in the National Assembly nearly doubled.
In 2012, the Chinese Communist Party introduced new rules on officials’ spending – and the local restaurant trade suffered.
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Biya’s triumph might herald a ‘quiet’ resignation.
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Both countries seem tired of the costs of war and ongoing risks, but successful negotiations will have to overcome deep distrust by both sides.
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The vote to have death by hanging as the default for Palestinians guilty of killing Israelis represents the further entrenchment of a two-tier legal system.
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As before, however, any such move into the country would be fraught with the same risks that have bedeviled past Israeli invasions of Lebanon.
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There has been a rebalancing of global trade dynamics with wide-ranging consequences for international business.
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Rwanda pulling its troops out of Mozambique risks creating a security vacuum in the restive Cabo Delgado province.
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Reassessing Mandela is a reminder that even the most admired leaders operate within constraints.
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Through fossilized tooth enamel, scientists are reconstructing the diets and landscapes that existed millions of years ago. We really are what we eat.
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China and Russia view the latest Washington intervention in the Middle East as a further decline of the United States’ global power.
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Hungarian political scientist Zsolt Enyedi speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how Viktor Orbán lost power to Péter Magyar and what the result means for the European Union.
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