By Morten Bøås, Research Professor, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Viljar Haavik, Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Mali’s interim president, Colonel d’Armée Assimi Goïta, who came to power in a coup on 18 August 2020, enjoys remarkably strong public support. Survey data from pan-African research network Afrobarometer and the Mali-Métre survey, run by Germany’s Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung since 2012, indicate high levels of satisfaction with junta rule. In the 2024
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By Jeremy Howick, Professor and Director of the Stoneygate Centre for Excellence in Empathic Healthcare, University of Leicester
Patients’ lives are being put at risk by poor communication from healthcare professionals in hospitals worldwide, according to new research my colleagues and I conducted.
Our analysis included 46 studies, published between 2013 and 2024, involving over 67,000 patients across Europe, North and South America, Asia and Australia. And the findings are alarming. We discovered that poor communication was the sole cause of patient-safety incidents in over one in ten cases and contributed to causing incidents…
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By Mohan Yellishetty, Professor, Co-Founder, Critical Minerals Consortium, and Australia-India Critical Minerals Research Hub, Monash University
Australia’s plan to build strategic reserves of critical minerals makes sense as the US and China vie for control of the minerals which will shape the future
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By Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
There is nothing in the work of these media outlets that would qualify them as “hate media” - which means the opposition leader simply resents the scrutiny.
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By Nial Wheate, Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
Shoohb Alassadi, Associate Lecturer and Registered Pharmacist, University of Sydney
After May 1, the drug will cost a tiny fraction of its original price. But it can’t be taken at home.
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
Labor has released details of how much its election spending promises will cost, putting pressure on the Coalition to do the same.
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By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Labor is putting pressure on Peter Dutton to reveal the oppostions costings after showing savings of more than $6.4 billion in it’s costing compared to PEFO
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By Human Rights Watch
Click to expand Image © 2025 Brian Stauffer for Human Rights Watch (New York, April 28, 2025) – Autonomous weapons systems pose grave risks to human rights during both war and peacetime, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Governments should tackle the concerns raised by such weapons systems, known as “killer robots,” by negotiating a multinational treaty to address the dangers. April 28, 2025 A Hazard to Human Rights Autonomous Weapons Systems and Digital Decision-Making Download the full report in English Download the Summary & Recommendations…
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By Balkan Diskurs
Almir Agić, a 22-year-old Roma man from Ilijaš, near Sarajevo, fights prejudice with poetry and art, giving a voice to those who are invisible in society in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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By Stephen Bartos, Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
Even when parties release their costings, voters may not get the full picture. Parties may omit particular items that might attract criticism.
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