Egypt has historically adopted an aggressive approach to claims over water from the River Nile, often with threats of military action against upstream countries. Salam Abdulqadir Abdulrahman explains why Cairo’s insistence on colonial-era agreements flies in the face of today’s realities. Firstly, the Nile is shrinking and secondly, countries to the south are entitled to demand an agreement that reflects present-day political realities.

Hipsters are often affiliated with progressive political and cultural movements built on socially liberal ideals. But Melissa Tandiwe Myambo writes that while they appear progressive, this isn’t always apparent when they move into lower-income urban neighbourhoods. In fact, their behaviour has parallels with the practices and ideologies of the settler-colonialism of earlier centuries.