Rishi Sunak is introducing the polarised climate politics of the US, Canada and Australia to the UK: In two recent speeches, UK prime minister Rishi Sunak highlighted the costs of everything from heat pumps to electric vehicles as justification for weakening the country’s climate policy. There is a strategy behind this, but it’s one that …
Tanzania’s Samia Hassan has the chance to heal a polarised nation: Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects a military parade following her swearing-in as the country's first female president on March 19, 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. AFP via Getty Images Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes the first female president in Tanzania taking over from …
Tanzanian election leaves a highly polarised society with an uncertain future: Supporters attend a Chama Cha Mapinduzi rally in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania in 2015 when John Magufuli was first elected. Daniel Hayduk/AFP via Getty Images When Tanzanian voters went to the polls on October 28, the incumbent President John Pombe Magufuli and his party …