My Enemy, Myself
NEED TO KNOW My Enemy, Myself RUSSIA/ TAJIKISTAN Life in Russia has become difficult for migrants from Tajikistan and other Central Asian […]
Kitchen-Table Politics
NEED TO KNOW Kitchen-Table Politics INDIA The upcoming parliamentary election in India is expected to go well for Prime Minister Narendra Modi […]
Gangland Elections
NEED TO KNOW Gangland Elections CROATIA Zoran Milanović caused a stir last month when he announced his candidacy for Croatia’s parliament as […]
The Cost of Allegiance
NEED TO KNOW The Cost of Allegiance SOLOMON ISLANDS Parliamentary and local elections in the Solomon Islands on April 17 are yet […]
Like Father Like Son
NEED TO KNOW Like Father, Like Son TOGO For years, Togolese citizens have been calling for the resignation of President Faure Gnassingbé. […]
The Wedge Between Two Giants
NEED TO KNOW The Wedge Between Two Giants MALDIVES In January, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Muizzu, suspended ex-Deputy Youth Minister […]
Pointillistic Terror
NEED TO KNOW Pointillistic Terror WORLD Russian officials continue to blame the March 24 terrorist attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow […]
Stuck in Celestial Hades
NEED TO KNOW Stuck in Celestial Hades SYRIA Residents of the upscale Mazzeh neighborhood in the Syrian capital of Damascus were stunned […]
The Third Wheel
NEED TO KNOW The Third Wheel SOUTH KOREA Politicians from the ruling People Power Party and the opposition Democratic Party have traditionally […]
Sowing Justice
NEED TO KNOW Sowing Justice LIBERIA A French court recently sentenced Kunti Kamara, a former rebel leader in Liberia, to 30 years […]
No Occupancy
NEED TO KNOW No Occupancy PERU Many Peruvians lost respect for Dina Boluarte when she campaigned as left-wing President Pedro Castillo’s running […]
Walking Sideways
NEED TO KNOW Walking Sideways HONDURAS A federal court recently convicted former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández of conspiring to traffic cocaine […]
Putin-ification
NEED TO KNOW Putin-ification KYRGYZSTAN Between 2005 and 2020, the former Soviet Republic of Kyrgyzstan had five presidential transitions of power. Three […]
A Cut of Control
NEED TO KNOW A Cut of Control GAMBIA The Gambia banned female genital mutilation in 2015 because officials said the tradition of […]
Blazing Furnace
NEED TO KNOW Blazing Furnace VIETNAM Although the president of Vietnam, Vo Van Thuong, resigned on March 20 for undisclosed reasons, he […]
Warrior Class
NEED TO KNOW Warrior Class ISRAEL Israel’s war in the Gaza Strip has stirred controversy worldwide, less so at home. But now, […]
The Return
NEED TO KNOW The Return SPAIN A plan to forgive Catalan separatists in Spain might have seemed like a political masterstroke when […]
Echoes of a Boom
NEED TO KNOW Echoes of a Boom MARSHALL ISLANDS March 1 is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day in the South Pacific. […]
Last Stop Before Paradise
NEED TO KNOW Last Stop Before Paradise TUNISIA Sixteen-year-old Adam migrated with his father and younger brother from Sierra Leone in West […]
Iron Junta
NEED TO KNOW Iron Junta GUINEA The leader of the junta that runs Guinea, Gen. Mamadi Doumbouya, recently sacked the head of […]
Refusing to Collapse
NEED TO KNOW Refusing to Collapse VENEZUELA President Nicolás Maduro seems likely to breeze through Venezuela’s July 28 general election. He recently […]
Up for Grabs
NEED TO KNOW Up for Grabs SLOVAKIA Thousands of Slovaks took to the streets of their capital of Bratislava recently to protest […]
Listen to the Children
NEED TO KNOW Listen to the Children SENEGAL A primary school in Dakar, the capital of Senegal, recently held elections for their […]