Ghana’s regions: why creating new territories has caused problems: Dividing land borders in Ghana is a contentious issue Wikimedia Commons Ghana split four administrative regions between June 2017 and February 2019 to create six new ones. The process proceeded calmly in some regions, but was so contentious in others that the government had to deploy …
‘Statistically impossible’ heat extremes are here – we identified the regions most at risk: Ed Connor / shutterstock In summer 2021, Canada’s all-time temperature record was smashed by almost 5?. Its new record of 49.6? is hotter than anything ever recorded in Spain, Turkey or indeed anywhere in Europe. The record was set in Lytton, …
Grayson Perry’s Full English shows why England’s regions are crucial to its identity: In his Channel 4 series, Full English, artist Grayson Perry travels around England in a white van searching for an answer to the question: “Is there a viable version of England and Englishness that will feed my soul?” What Perry discovers in …
Free movement of people across Africa: regions are showing how it can work: A border crossing between Uganda and Kenya at Malaba. The two countries have made strides in improving mobility between them. Photo by Brian Ongoro/AFP via Getty Images The end of January 2023 will mark five years since the African Union Free Movement …
Angola’s peatlands trap carbon and clean the region’s water – how we mapped this newly found landscape: Ask most people what they picture when thinking about natural “carbon sinks” – ecosystems that absorb and store greenhouse gases – and they’ll probably describe a forest. Reforestation is a common feature of climate change plans. But there’s …
Ukraine war: Putin announces annexation of four regions, but his hold on them may be flimsy: Vladimir Putin has formally signed a treaty annexing four Ukrainian regions into the Russian Federation. The Russian president announced, at a ceremony in Moscow’s Red Square, that the incorporation of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, in the south and …
Ukraine recap: occupied regions forced to join Russia while thousands of Russians choose to leave: Turning their backs on home: thousands of Russian men, fearing conscription, have opted to flee to Georgia. EPA-EFE/Zurab Kurtsikidze Four parts of Ukraine that are occupied by Vladimir Putin’s war machine are to be formally annexed by Russia. Or, as …
Ukraine recap: Putin remains popular at home, unlike his puppet rulers in occupied regions: Once it became clear – which it did, early on in this conflict – that Ukraine’s defenders would not wilt before the onslaught of Vladimir Putin’s war machine, analysts predicted a long and drawn-out war of attrition, particularly in the east …
Russia’s influence in the Balkans is growing just as the region’s fragile peace is threatened: The Serb leader in Bosnia & Herzogovina, Milorad Dodik, has been an outspoken supporter of Russia's president Vladimir Putin. RSplaneta/Shutterstock The EU continues to keep Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia on the waiting list to …
‘The hope is finished’: life in the Ukrainian separatist regions of Donetsk and Luhansk: Russia’s recognition of the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics, and fears of a military attack on Ukraine, have once again drawn the world’s attention to these two rebel-held separatist regions. They have been outside Ukrainian government control since Russian-backed separatists fought …
South Africa should design economic policy based on strengths of regions: here’s how: Getty images Economists and policy-makers seem to have a blind spot when thinking about how the economy functions and what determines success. Analytical frameworks and government policies consistently neglect the role of space and geography in favour of national averages and sectoral …
Will extra mayors level up left-behind regions? What the evidence tells us: Adding more mayors to English regions is central to the UK government’s “levelling up” plan. From day one, part of the vision has been to expand mayoral devolution – giving more powers to regional combined authorities, rather than just being ruled by Whitehall. …
China’s plans for Xinjiang, and what it means for the region’s persecuted Uyghurs – podcast: When the Beijing Winter Olympics open on February 4, diplomats from a number of countries, including the US, UK, Canada and Australia, will not be there to watch. Their diplomatic boycott hinges on concerns about human rights abuses in China’s …
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