By Amnesty International
Responding to the killing of more than 40 civilians by Boko Haram during an attack on farming communities in Borno state north-east Nigeria on 12 January, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, said: “Amnesty International strongly condemns the executions of these civilians which, once again, shows Boko Haram’s utter disregard for the sanctity of […] The post Nigeria: Boko Haram must end vicious killing spree appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Magali Ayache, Maître de Conférences en Sciences de Gestion, CY Cergy Paris Université
Hervé Dumez, Vice-Président rechervhe d'Euram, Professeur, directeur du Centre de recherche en gestion et de l’Institut interdisciplinaire de l’innovation, École polytechnique, European Academy of Management (EURAM)
The Renault-Nissan alliance, forged in 1999, defied norms of strategic partnerships, enduring a 2018 crisis to showcase lessons in collaboration and resilience. Now Nissan and Honda are in talks to merge.
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By Justin Stebbing, Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
Catherine, Princess of Wales, has announced that she is now in remission from cancer, following a year of health challenges for the royal family.
The princess’s cancer journey began with a planned…
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By Manisha Caleb, Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics, University of Sydney
Yu Wing Joshua Lee, PhD Student in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
When some of the biggest stars reach the end of their lives, they explode in spectacular supernovas and leave behind incredibly dense cores called neutron stars. Some of these remnants emit powerful radio beams from their magnetic poles.
As the star spins, these beams sweep past Earth and produce periodic pulses of radio waves, much like a cosmic lighthouse. This behaviour has earned them the name “pulsars”.
Pulsars typically spin incredibly fast, often completing a full rotation in just seconds – or even less. Over the last three years, some mysterious objects have emerged…
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By David Bueno i Torrens, Profesor e investigador de la Sección de Genética Biomédica, Evolutiva y del Desarrollo. Director de la Cátedra de Neuroeducación UB-EDU1st, Universitat de Barcelona
Anna Forés Miravalles, Profesora Facultad de Educación, Universitat de Barcelona
“New Year, new me.” This popular saying, so common at the beginning of the year, invokes a certain optimistic spirit, a conviction that every new cycle opens up new opportunities. It also invites us to take stock of the previous year’s achievements and setbacks, and often prompts us to make ambitious resolutions aimed at making the this year better than the last.
However, a few weeks into the new year, many of us might be finding that our resolutions are already falling by the wayside. We’re left wondering what became of all our good intentions, and why our willpower isn’t enough to…
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By Javier Gil Guerrero, Investigador del Instituto Cultura y Sociedad, Universidad de Navarra, Universidad de Navarra
Much like Iraq in early 2003, the predominant images coming out of Syria in late 2024 were of jubilant crowds toppling statues of ousted dictators . In almost all the videos, the stone or metal of the sculpture raises a cloud of dust as it falls, blurring the view of the scene for a few moments.
Following the collapse of 61 years of Ba'ath Party dictatorship and 53 years of the al-Asad dynasty in Damascus,…
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By Nina Wilén, Associate Professor, Lund University
Paul D. Williams, Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
Since 1948, more than two million uniformed peacekeepers have served in over 70 United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.
They have come from over 120 UN member states. But, a few countries have regularly contributed a significant proportion of their troops. They have also made peacekeeping a foreign policy priority, and adapted their armed forces to fit UN requirements. These states have developed what we call “peacekeeping armies”.
Since the end of the Cold…
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By Zita Zage
African cinema generates approximately USD 5 billion annually but has the potential to grow to USD 20 billion and create 20 million jobs per year.
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By Human Rights Watch
On January 9, 2025, the Polish government adopted a resolution that enables senior Israeli officials to participate in events commemorating the Auschwitz concentration camp’s liberation on January 27. This could include welcoming Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for atrocities in Gaza, and contradicts Poland’s legal obligation as an ICC member to comply with all ICC arrest warrants.The move followed discussion in the government on the ICC arrest warrant for Netanyahu and comes despite Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s recent…
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By Nepali Times
Nepal nearly tripled its tiger population from 121 in 2010 to 355 in 2022. However, some in Nepal, including Prime Minister KP Oli, believe the tiger population's success warrants a reduction.
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