Editor's note

Most Bangladeshi camps that are home to Rohingya refugees are overcrowded and unhygienic. Residents survive on the absolute bare minimum of nutrition and other necessities. Monsoon rains, cold and landslides are everyday threats. Rubayat Jesmin describes what she found on visits to some camps. And the implications.

For a country that’s been widely touted for its advances in press freedom, Ghana’s constitution still allows certain state institutions to hinder journalists’ rights. Jacob Nyarko explores the journey of the country’s media from operating under military rule to navigating a constitutional environment that is still hostile to journalists.

Catesby Holmes

Global Affairs Editor

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A Rohingya refugee girl sells vegetables in Kutupalong refugee camp, Bangladesh. Access to education is extremely limited in the camps, and most children — particularly girls — receive little to no formal education, Aug. 28, 2018. AP Photo/Altaf Qadri

Without school, a ‘lost generation’ of Rohingya refugee children face uncertain future

Rubayat Jesmin, Binghamton University, State University of New York

An estimated 500,000 Rohingya children, refugees from Myanmar, are growing up in Bangladesh in overcrowded camps with no access to formal education.
A journalist at work with his camera. Wikimedia Commons

Ghana’s constitution is meant to protect the media: but does it?

Jacob Nyarko, University of Cape Coast

The state in Ghana still justifies taking steps that amount to suppression of the media.

Politics + Society

Russian Twitter trolls stoke anti-immigrant lies ahead of Canadian election

Ahmed Al-Rawi, Simon Fraser University; Yasmin Jiwani, Concordia University

An examination of the Twitter activity after the Québec mosque murders reveal that the majority showed sympathy towards the victims, but Russian trolls worked to spread antagonism and fake news.

Will Boris Johnson call an early election? What new prime minister will be thinking as he weighs up whether to take the plunge

Nicholas Allen, Royal Holloway

It's not actually unusual for a British prime minister to enter power like this. But does Johnson need a mandate more than most?

Arts + Culture

Swimmer protests at the World Championships renew calls for urgent anti-doping reforms

Daniel Read, Loughborough University

Why swimmers are protesting against China's Sun Yang at the World Championships.

Johnny Clegg: South Africa’s universal man of uncommon passion

David Coplan, University of the Witwatersrand

Johnny Clegg was a prophet, even if the ideal future he prophesied has not yet come to pass.