Banning Airbnbs and cruise ships. Taxing visitor stays. Capping attendance figures. Has tourism become a dirty word in 2025?

To claim that poverty is inherent in Africa is to exculpate colonialism and neocolonialism, which allow the continuation of ...

A 50-year-old West Africa regional bloc is facing significant challenges after three junta-led countries — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — formally left the group, known as ECOWAS.

In contrast to India’s well-established bilateral security engagements with Central Asian states, China has been less active ...

Since the introduction of reform and opening-up in 1978, China has modernized and engaged with the outside world without ...

There has been a growing recognition that psychology, as a discipline, must engage more deeply with local contexts.

TANZANIA: SEVENTY years ago, from April 18–24, 1955 to be precise, a landmark conference took place in a small Indonesian ...

Within Southeast Asia, deep cuts to USAID have already resulted in the suspension or curtailing of a wide range of programs ...

To mark Saturday’s fourth anniversary of the military coup, The Irrawaddy breaks down the devastating impacts of junta rule ...

There's no doubt about it - Australia is home to some old pubs with rich and colourful histories. But what is up for debate, is which pub is the country's oldest. We have plenty of venues ...

The once-popular idea of an African renaissance is now almost forgotten. The African renaissance first advanced by South Africa supposedly as a slogan leading its post-apartheid political and economic ...