Africa Is Redefining Anglican Power
The appointment of Sarah Mullally as the first woman archbishop of Canterbury has exposed deep divisions within the Anglican Communion and across Africa over women’s leadership and same-sex blessings. But the deeper issue is authority — particularly in Africa, many churches no longer look to England for moral guidance.
How the Sound of Drones Inflicts Psychological Trauma in Ukraine
Russia’s drone strategy has created a nation on permanent, exhausting alert. Every Ukrainian is now an involuntary sound engineer, acutely sensitive to the ambient noise, trying to mentally calculate a threat’s distance from a high-pitched buzz or a faint whistle.
Remembering ‘Never Again for Everyone’ at Bergen-Belsen
In April 2025, the author accompanied his mother, a child survivor of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, to a memorial ceremony marking 80 years since the camp’s liberation. At the time, famine was raging in Gaza. As a pro-Palestinian activist and Israeli citizen, the author was filled with complex emotions.
1,000 Days of War in Sudan
Journalist Isma’il Kushkush and international law expert Mutasim Ali join Kwangu Liwewe on Global Insights on The Lede to discuss the lack of international attention on the war in Sudan.
How Parents’ Dreams of Safety Fuel Child Trafficking in Nigeria
The violence in Nigeria’s Plateau state has killed thousands and displaced whole communities. It has also quietly fed child trafficking networks. As farms are destroyed and families’ livelihoods threatened, traffickers exploit desperation, moving children into forced labor and sexual exploitation under the guise of help.