South Africa takes fresh steps to restrict rights of refugees
Recent changes to the law, and the promulgation of new regulations governing refugees in South Africa, have been heavily criticised by civil society organisations. The […]
Political violence
Can the European Union lead the world’s ecological transition?
The European Union is in a green state of mind. Last December, the new president of the European Commission placed the fight against climate change […]
Can Vienna’s model of social housing provide the inspiration to tackle Europe’s housing crisis?
With its small buildings and numerous private gardens, the Schmelz municipal housing complex in Vienna’s 15th district could easily be mistaken for an affluent suburban […]
2019 in pictures
To round off the year, Elitsha brings you some of the stories we covered this year.
The worrying decline of individual and collective freedoms in Algeria
A tightly packed crowd of people congregate in front of the Sidi M’Hamed Court building in the heart of Algiers. It is Monday 11 November […]
For African migrants trying, and dying, to reach north America, the Darién Gap is the “new Mediterranean”
By the time Basame Lonje made it out of the jungle, he was beyond exhausted. The 35-year-old from Cameroon had gone four days out of […]
Bolivia on a razor’s edge
The current political upheaval in Bolivia threatens to undo the reforms undertaken by Evo Morales over the last thirteen years, as well as the economic […]
South Africa must up its game and produce more teachers
A UNESCO report, which examined the number of teachers that each country needs, found that sub-Saharan Africa needs an additional 6,3 million teachers if it’s to […]
Safe sanitation for all: the least glamorous part of the battle against poverty
If the face is the mirror of the soul – as Cicero would have it – the toilet is the mirror of society as a […]
Mass protests in Latin America against the neoliberal model
“It’s not 30 pesos: it’s 30 years.” This slogan, one of the most frequently used in the mass protests in Chile, explains in seven words […]
Mining activities continue to dispossess black families in South Africa
Dispossession in South Africa is associated with the period of colonialism and apartheid. As a result, not much consideration is given to how previously marginalised […]
In Mexico, domestic workers are defending their labour and human rights
A 2013 study by the International Labour Organization (ILO) found that there were at least 52 million domestic workers in the world, the majority of them women. […]
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