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Sudan’s civil war, rooted in a failed democratic transition after the old regime collapsed, has intensified into a zero-sum power struggle between rival warlords, with civilians paying the heaviest price.
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Sudan has now become the ‘epicentre of human suffering’
Subscribers // by Arnaud Julien-Thomas (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 13, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Sudan’s civil war, rooted in a failed democratic transition after the old regime collapsed, has intensified into a zero-sum power struggle between rival warlords, with civilians paying the heaviest price.
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Mauritius has become the world’s leading exporter of macaques for biomedical research. While some regard the animal as a pest, many Hindus on the island are voicing concerns about the trade.
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Mauritians speak out for their macaques
Subscribers // by Guillaume Poisson (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 12, 2026 at 5:49 PM
Mauritius has become the world’s leading exporter of macaques for biomedical research. While some regard the animal as a pest, many Hindus on the island are voicing concerns about the trade.
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AI’s power demands are vast and growing. The Trump administration wants nuclear reactors to meet them. Whether that’s achievable, and whether communities will accept it, is another matter.
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The US turns back to nuclear power
Subscribers // by Eva Thiébaud (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 12, 2026 at 9:00 AM
AI’s power demands are vast and growing. The Trump administration wants nuclear reactors to meet them. Whether that’s achievable, and whether communities will accept it, is another matter.
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Viktor Orbán has held power in Hungary since 2010 by appealing to rural voters. This spring he faces a formidable challenge from a new party which believes it can beat him at his own game.
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Hungary: time up for Viktor Orbán?
Subscribers // by Ambre Bruneteau & Corentin Léotard (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 11, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Viktor Orbán has held power in Hungary since 2010 by appealing to rural voters. This spring he faces a formidable challenge from a new party which believes it can beat him at his own game.
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Since independence, Ukraine’s oligarchs have shaped its politics and economy, often with state complicity. Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to clean up the system, but even the war has only clipped their wings.
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Ukraine: reign of the oligarchs
Subscribers // by Sébastien Gobert (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 10, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Since independence, Ukraine’s oligarchs have shaped its politics and economy, often with state complicity. Volodymyr Zelensky vowed to clean up the system, but even the war has only clipped their wings.
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The UK government has turned post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation on members of Palestine Action, whose campaigns have directly targeted arms manufacturers supplying the Israeli military.
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The banning of Palestine Action
Subscribers // by Rayan Freschi & Mathieu Rigouste (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 10, 2026 at 11:18 AM
The UK government has turned post-9/11 anti-terrorism legislation on members of Palestine Action, whose campaigns have directly targeted arms manufacturers supplying the Israeli military.
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Last October’s election in the Netherlands left the rightwing bloc fragmented, but barely diminished in size. Predictions that a new era of moderate coalitions has begun may be premature.
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Is the Dutch centrist revival an illusion?
Subscribers // by Merijn Oudenampsen (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 9, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Last October’s election in the Netherlands left the rightwing bloc fragmented, but barely diminished in size. Predictions that a new era of moderate coalitions has begun may be premature.
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China’s President Xi says his country’s rise does not mean war with the US is inevitable. But many in Washington and beyond still see great-power rivalry as a path that ends in confrontation.
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Blame it on Thucydides
Subscribers // by Philip S Golub (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 9, 2026 at 9:23 AM
China’s President Xi says his country’s rise does not mean war with the US is inevitable. But many in Washington and beyond still see great-power rivalry as a path that ends in confrontation.
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Map: Sudan’s fractured fronts.
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Sudan’s fractured fronts
Subscribers // by Cécile Marin (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Map: Sudan’s fractured fronts.
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Map: massive population displacements.
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Massive population displacements
Subscribers // by Cécile Marin (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 7, 2026 at 5:53 PM
Map: massive population displacements.
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January 7, 2026 at 9:14 AM
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Donald Trump’s military attack on Venezuela did not come out of the blue. It was the boldest move yet in his campaign of sustained interference across Latin America.
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Trump’s gameplan for Latin America
Subscribers // by Christophe Ventura (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, January 2026)
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January 6, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Donald Trump’s military attack on Venezuela did not come out of the blue. It was the boldest move yet in his campaign of sustained interference across Latin America.
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January 2026
… what does Donald Trump want in Latin America? Sudan, roots of the long power struggle civilians are paying for; Ukraine: why do the oligarchs still hold sway? Donbas, the territory no one will…
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Former Colombian soldiers are now fighting in Sudan alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary militia responsible for large-scale massacres of civilians.
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Colombia’s deadly export industry
Open access // by Hernando Calvo Ospina (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, February 2024)
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December 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Former Colombian soldiers are now fighting in Sudan alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary militia responsible for large-scale massacres of civilians.
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Map: changing plans for dividing Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Changing plans for dividing Bosnia-Herzegovina
Subscribers // by Cécile Marin (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Map: changing plans for dividing Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Rwanda, ranked 159th on the UN’s development index and heavily reliant on foreign aid, pours huge sums into sport as a growth strategy. Despite criticism, the government says it’s starting to pay off.
Rwanda fast-tracks development through sport
Subscribers // by Michael Pauron (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Rwanda, ranked 159th on the UN’s development index and heavily reliant on foreign aid, pours huge sums into sport as a growth strategy. Despite criticism, the government says it’s starting to pay off.
The boldest part of Saudi Arabia’s hugely ambitious Vision 2030 is NEOM, a $500bn megaproject in the desert. But is it a symbol of a nation ready to embrace change, or of one man’s vanity?
Saudi’s futuristic megaproject hits reality
Subscribers // by Lise Triolet (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 9, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The boldest part of Saudi Arabia’s hugely ambitious Vision 2030 is NEOM, a $500bn megaproject in the desert. But is it a symbol of a nation ready to embrace change, or of one man’s vanity?
President Xi warns that cut-throat, self-defeating competition is weakening his country’s economy even as productivity and exports rise. Beijing now sees curbing this dynamic as essential.
Cracks widen in China’s economic growth model
Subscribers // by Nathan Sperber (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 8, 2025 at 5:49 PM
President Xi warns that cut-throat, self-defeating competition is weakening his country’s economy even as productivity and exports rise. Beijing now sees curbing this dynamic as essential.
While the US is still backing fossil fuels, China is pushing ahead with renewables – and building a vast export engine in the process.
China’s great green leap forward
Subscribers // by Arnaud Bertrand (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 8, 2025 at 9:01 AM
While the US is still backing fossil fuels, China is pushing ahead with renewables – and building a vast export engine in the process.
Bhutan has never been colonised. In 1907 a hereditary monarchy replaced the old dual system of temporal and spiritual power, the latter based on reincarnation.
India’s tight grip on Bhutan
Subscribers // by Hélène Ferrarini (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bhutan has never been colonised. In 1907 a hereditary monarchy replaced the old dual system of temporal and spiritual power, the latter based on reincarnation.
Two years ago, on Bhutan’s National Day, 17 December, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck announced the creation of a special administrative zone named Gelephu Mindfulness City.
Mindfulness City
Subscribers // by Hélène Ferrarini (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 7, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Two years ago, on Bhutan’s National Day, 17 December, King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck announced the creation of a special administrative zone named Gelephu Mindfulness City.
Bhutan devised the idea of ‘gross national happiness’ (GNH). So why are young people leaving in such numbers?
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Bhutan: land of happiness?
Subscribers // by Hélène Ferrarini (Le Monde diplomatique - English edition, December 2025)
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December 6, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Bhutan devised the idea of ‘gross national happiness’ (GNH). So why are young people leaving in such numbers?
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