By Amnesty International
Following the United Nations Security Council’s decision to renew the arms embargo on South Sudan for another year, Amnesty International’s Director for East and Southern Africa, Tigere Chagutah said: “The renewal of the arms embargo, if it is diligently enforced, is an important measure to protect civilians by curtailing the flow of weapons that have […] The post South Sudan: Renewal of UN arms embargo is key to protecting civilians appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Amnesty International
Ethiopian authorities have intensified their crackdown on press freedom in a cynical attempt to silence criticism in the lead-up to the country’s national election on 1 June, Amnesty International said today. In recent months, Ethiopian authorities have launched a campaign of repression against independent media by arbitrarily arresting, forcibly disappearing and unlawfully surveilling journalists. Other […] The post Ethiopia: International community must act to safeguard press freedom ahead of national election appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>
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By Wendy Whitman Cobb, Professor of Strategy and Security Studies, Air University
NASA has several contracts with Blue Origin as part of its Artemis program – this setback for the company could delay the program.
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By Katrine L. Wallace, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Illinois Chicago
As public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo work to rein in a growing outbreak of a rare Ebola virus, other countries are establishing protocols for keeping their own populations safe.
As of May 27, 2026, Congo has reported more than 1,000 suspected and confirmed cases, and more than 250 deaths, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Neighboring Uganda has also…
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By O Joio E O Trigo
A local agricultural collective in Barra do Turvo, Brazil, outside of São Paulo, is empowering women to earn an income, farm their own produce to promote self-sufficiency, and diversify crops.
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By Richard Worth, Lecturer in music and popular music: composition, orchestration, analysis and popular music history., University of Liverpool
I once met the late jazz musician Walter Theodore “Sonny” Rollins (1930 to 2026). It was in the mid 90s on Manhattan’s 48th street at Rod Baltimore’s New York Woodwind and Brass Center. The shop had the best repair department so there were always some serious players around.
Consequently, as I was sitting on a step checking out my newly-repaired flute, no doubt playing through some “hip” patterns or something, I spotted some long, well-suited, legs passing me by. Then an instantly recognisable voice somewhere above said: “Sounds good man.” This was the same voice I had heard making…
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By Rob Johns, Professor of Politics, University of Southampton
When historians of Scottish politics come to consider May 2026, two dates will stand out. On May 7, the SNP won almost half of the seats in the Scottish parliamentary election. If its minority administration makes it through the term, the party will have effectively been the government at Holyrood for 24 years.
And then on May 25, the SNP’s former chief executive, Peter Murrell, was remanded in custody after pleading guilty to embezzling…
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By Sebastian Egholm Lund, Junior Research Fellow, Faculty of English Language and Literature, University of Oxford
William Adams was convinced that solar energy could change the world. The problem was, he needed more sun to demonstrate it.
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By Anthony Paul Smith, Musculoskeletal Postgraduate Lecturer, University of Essex
Millions of people in the UK suffer from joint pain and arthritis. But with long wait times for scans, specialist appointments, physiotherapy and joint replacement surgery, many people turn to over-the-counter medicines, such as ibuprofen, to manage their joint pain, stay active and continue working.
Ibuprofen is one of the most…
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By John Curtice, Professor of Politics, University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow, National Centre for Social Research
In the event, the SNP did not win the overall majority First Minister John Swinney sought in the 2026 Scottish election. However, between them the SNP and the Greens won 73 seats, 57% of all MSPs. It is the largest ever contingent of pro-independence MSPs at Holyrood.
Yet between them the two parties won just 41% of the regional list vote. The avowed aim of the parliament’s mixed-member proportional electoral system is to produce a distribution of seats proportional to each party’s share of the list…
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