Another month, another huge political street protest in Hong Kong. Last Sunday the territory's residents marched again, this time against the planned but so far unscheduled Occupy Central sit-in. Just as July's pro-democracy marchers comprised a broad cross-section of Hong Kong society, so did the

The radio station in Juba that was raided by South Sudan security operatives over the weekend has been ordered by the government not to air political programs.  The director of Bakhita Radio, Albino Tokwaro, said most of the station's programming is about religious and health issues – but its

A Kurdish minister who suspended his participation in the government of outgoing prime minister Nouri al-Maliki has rejoined the administration, in an apparent sign of reconciliation in the politically fractured country. Hoshiyar Zebari returned to his post as foreign minister, after Kurdish

Politicians cannot be blamed for attempting to take advantage of the traditional summer news vacuum to switch their phones off and get away from it all. However, when a significant story such as the latest Irish abortion controversy breaks, the silence of our elected representatives is striking. A

Down a narrow alley and up the stairs of an unglamorous building in the bustling island city of Malé, a slight-framed, bespectacled man sits alone at a polished boardroom table. His minute stature, reflected on the vast wooden surface under drab lighting, is accentuated. It is a scene redolent both