Why Is Gen Z Protesting Across Africa?
Host Kwangu Liwewe is joined by journalist Aboubakr Jamaï and public policy expert Gedion Onyango to discuss youth protests in Morocco and Kenya.
The Indian Fishers Trafficked Into Illegal Operations in Oman
A New Lines investigation has found that, in 2023, over 70 fishers from Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India, were lured to Oman with promises of higher pay. They were then trafficked into illegal fishing on Belize-flagged vessels using Palau-issued seafarer documents, revealing gaps in maritime governance.
Lebanon Is Still Haunted by Its Last War
Nearly a year after Lebanon’s war with Israel formally ended, the resulting peace feels fragile. Hezbollah faces intense international pressure to disarm, while Israeli strikes continue and fear of renewed conflict is spreading from Beirut’s suburbs to the southern border villages.
How To Kill Subversives and Get Away With It
America’s role in war crimes in Colombia decades ago may shed light on how far the Trump administration could go to subvert U.S. and international laws pertaining to the use of military force against civilians at home.
Even Before the Heist, the Louvre Had Been Robbed
For years, successive governments have celebrated France’s heritage while quietly starving it, reducing budgets, staff, security and maintenance until the guardians of the country’s treasures could no longer guard much at all.