EDINBURGH — More than 280 Nigerian students were kidnapped earlier this month from their school in Kuriga, a town in the northern state of Kaduna, the second mass abduction of young Nigerians in the span of a week.

EDINBURGH — The COVID-19 pandemic taught us several lessons, many of which came at great cost.

EDINBURGH – With her ambitious Bridgetown Agenda to reform the international financial architecture, Barbadian Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has become a powerful advocate for climate justice.

EDINBURGH — After India’s G20 summit and the UN General Assembly last month, world leaders will attend the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank meetings in Marrakesh, before heading to the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai.

EDINBURGH – For centuries, Britain has prided itself on being a bastion of liberty and the rule of law.

 EDINBURGH — Gender persecution is a grievous crime against humanity.

EDINBURGH — Pakistan’s catastrophic floods last year not only reminded us of the perils of climate change.

EDINBURGH — The damage caused by COVID-19, exacerbated by the continued appearance of new variants, most recently Omicron, has been catastrophic.

EDINBURGH — With low-income countries in Africa and elsewhere still imploring rich countries to stop stockpiling millions of unused COVID-19 vaccines, there are still real doubts as to whether the United States and Europe will honour the promise made at this year’s G-7 summit to