It has come as a surprise to many that the Anti Political Dynasty Bill has been included in the recent priority bills of the Legislative ...

Across Europe and North America, the concept of blasphemy is re-entering public life, not necessarily as a formal criminal ...

How Modern Society Shapes What We Feel, by Eva Illouz (Princeton University Press), 261 pp., $29.95. Emotions are often regarded as the products of unique experiences and our biological and ...

Can colleges teach other institutions to operate efficiently in a political landscape where half of the population is at loggerheads with the other half?

Nigeria’s political class has, over the decades, perfected a troubling paradox: the ability to be visibly active yet ...

Ghana’s cocoa sector has long been a source of national pride and rural livelihood, supported by a state-led marketing, trading and pricing system designed to shield farmers from the volatility of ...

Something is happening this Thursday that, during normal times, Americans wouldn’t need to pay a lick of attention to.

In a wide-ranging interview with the CDE’s Ann Bernstein, University of Fort Hare Vice Chancellor Professor Sakhela Buhlungu describes his harrowing seven-year battle to root out systemic corruption ...

Why facts backfire in political debates, and what psychology says works to bridge divides and prevent radicalization.

In every democratic society, the relationship between the state and the citizen is the cornerstone upon which stability, prosperity, and justice are built. At the heart of this relationship lies civic ...

Although a minority, Indian Shias maintained cultural influence through connections with ruling dynasties, balancing local ...