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Somaliland is set to hold elections on 13 November after violence disrupted a planned vote in 2022. The upcoming poll is a pivotal one for the country’s democratic reputation and its push for recognition as a state independent from Somalia. The shifting power dynamics and new alliances in the Horn of Africa are adding to the stakes. Brendon J. Cannon unpacks the significance of this election.
How should we measure progress as countries and societies? The use of gross domestic product (GDP) as the go-to measurement has been contested for decades. As Radhika Balakrishnan notes, growth in GDP doesn’t always bring about better outcomes. For example, it can create environmental pollution. She outlines some alternative approaches to measuring an economy’s health.
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Brendon J. Cannon, Khalifa University
Somaliland’s presidential election represents a critical moment in the breakaway state’s 33-year quest for independence.
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Radhika Balakrishnan, Rutgers University
New approaches to economic policy are needed to address the roots of people’s disenchantment and avert ecological catastrophe.
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Hannah Simba, African Population and Health Research Center
Understanding how cancer is discussed across diverse languages and cultural contexts is crucial, especially on a continent that has more than 2,000 languages.
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Natasha Robinson, University of Oxford
The way Coloured identity is discussed in textbooks and curricula is leading young self-described Coloured people to believe that their history – and their identity – is shameful.
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Stefan Wolff, University of Birmingham
Putin used the summit to push his own vision of Brics as a counter-point to the west, but it is a view that not all camps in the group share.
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From our international editions
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Javed Ali, University of Michigan
Around 20 military sites across Iran, Iraq and Syria were hit in retaliatory strike. But Israel held back from targets that would have crippled Iran.
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Benedetta Carnaghi, Durham University
Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump a fascist, but does this stand up?
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Samuel J. White, York St John University; Philippe B. Wilson, York St John University
It’s essential to embrace nature – dirt and all.
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Rebecca Cordell, University of Pittsburgh; Kashmiri Medhi, University of Texas at Dallas
Repressive countries have more success in co-opting support to silence overseas critics with governments they trade with.
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Frederic Gachon, The University of Queensland; Benjamin Weger, The University of Queensland
We have trillions of body clocks – a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here’s how they work with light to control our health.
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