EDITORIAL:
UN’s new goals: realistic or idealistic?
The UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), have now been agreed by international leaders at a summit in New York and will take effect next year (see page 28). But the new goals are far more ambitious in their range and targets than the...
INBOX: INBOX
New Women’s Forum launched in Malta
A brand new Women’s Forum was launched in the run up to November’s Commonwealth Heads...
Earthquake survivors reunite online
Google has set up an app called Person Finder in response to October’s earthquake in...
Human Phonograph wins 2015 Short Story Prize
Jonathan Tel has won the 2015 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for his story, The Human...
Durban to host 2022 Games
The hosting of the 2022 Commonwealth Games has been awarded to Durban in South Africa,...
Virtual currencies ‘need regulation’
The likelihood of crimes based around virtual currencies may be increased by the lack of...
Voting for New Zealand’s new flag design begins
New Zealanders are choosing between five designs for a prospective new flag in a postal...
Election Watch
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka’s presidential elections were held in January – two years ahead of...
Energy Watch
Norwegian hydroelectricity to expand its reach Hydroelectric plants in Norway could potentially offer up to...
GLOBAL INSIGHT: CLIMATE
COP21: combating global warming
In November, France will be hosting the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties...
SPOTLIGHT: LESOTHO
Rocky road: Lesotho’s political turmoil
KATIE SILVESTER
The country has its second coalition government in three years, but the political uncertainty has...
A blanket look at Basotho culture
KATE BYSTROVA
The country that rejected an offer to become part of South Africa in 1910 and...
Interview: Lesotho Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili
Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili answers Global’s questions on Lesotho’s politics, the country’s economic growth...
Lesotho: Ups and downs of a mountain economy
AMBER TRIPT
Despite having a flourishing diamond mining industry, many of Lesotho’s citizens live in poverty in...
GLOBAL ARENA: BOOKS
Undressing the garment industry
KATE BYSTROVA
The Song of the Shirt: The High Price of Cheap Garments, from Blackburn to Bangladesh...
GLOBAL ARENA: TALKING POINTS
From US posting to permanent residency
WILLIAM DIAZ
Immigration to the USA for representatives and employees of foreign national governments is now more...
Tightening the borders
JENNIFER STEVENS
The UK is introducing an additional hurdle for visa applicants – the requirement for proof...
Skin deep: the ancient art of body decoration
KATE BYSTROVA
From large, dramatic tattoos that signify status or coming-of-age to face painting for war or...
The Syrian refugee crisis: Finding a place to call home
KATIE SILVESTER
The Syrian conflict shows no signs of abating and half of the country’s population is...
Assisted deaths: Making a quick exit
BARNABY BAYSWATER
Assisted dying has always been controversial. The UK has just voted against legalising it, while...
Crisis in development
SAMUEL COHN & RAE LESSER BLUMBERG
There has been unprecedented human development in the world over the last few decades. But...
What Europe can learn from India
AMIT S. MUKHERJEE
Commentators often point to the USA as a model for Europe. They should be looking...
IN FOCUS: AUSTRALIA
Australia’s fast moving premiers
Australia has just sworn in its fourth prime minister in just over two years, thanks...
Australia: Challenging times for commodities-based economy
ROWAN SNOW
Australia has the planet’s largest reserves of lead, nickel, uranium and zinc, and is amongst...
Australia arts: Dreaming and droving
KATIE SILVESTER
When the centenary of the opening of an iconic droving route through Western Australia’s desert...
IN FOCUS: FIJI
Exploring Fiji’s cultural side: Clans, ceremonies and kava
KATIE SILVESTER
Fiji’s most celebrated drink is a mouth-numbing root-based preparation that is drunk ceremonially to welcome...
Fiji: Ballot box brings government new legitimacy
TERRY LESS
Having initially seized power in a coup, Frank Bainimarama has reinvented himself as civilian politician...
Sweet success of islands’ agricultural economy
YVETTE BATTENBERG
Sugar cane farming, fishing, tourism and gold mining are the mainstays of Fiji’s economy, but...
COMMONWEALTH NETWORK: CLOSE-UP
Royal Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship
The League provides subsidised accommodation in London and raises money for charitable causes in the...
COMMONWEALTH NETWORK: COLLOQUIA
CHOGM votes on a new SG
BOB VERNOY
Heads of government will be voting on the Commonwealth’s sixth Secretary-General in November The...
CHOGM: putting reform on the agenda
VIJAY KRISHNARAYAN
Civil society needs more opportunities to engage with foreign ministers during CHOGM if the Commonwealth...
Forming a trading bloc
CHAD BLACKMAN
Commonwealth member countries share similar legal systems and could offer potential new markets to each...
COMMONWEALTH NETWORK: COMMONWEALTH IN ACTION
Calculating the value of open resources
ALICIA SWINAMER
Many of the open learning resources available online are failing to help learners. The Commonwealth...
Conference sees launch of Education Hub
The Commonwealth Secretariat launched a knowledge-sharing network at the 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education...
COMMONWEALTH NETWORK: INBOX
Inbox
One in three young people not in work or education Young people make up 40...
COMMONWEALTH NETWORK: POSTSCRIPT
Gender agenda
DR JOSEPHINE OJIAMBO
The Commonwealth is a leader in initiatives aimed at achieving gender mainstreaming and women’s empowerment...
COMMONWEALTH NETWORK: THE LONG VIEW
‘There is no international organisation like the Commonwealth’
Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma retires at the start of next year, having completed two terms...
Educationalists flock to The Bahamas for 19CCEM
ANNIE FOX
The 19th Conference of Commonwealth Education Ministers saw ministers looking at post-2015 targets for education,...
