Close to the two-year mark of his third stint in power, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has thought it...
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Hostile environment training offered for Pakistan journalists
To equip journalists with the skills needed to cope with the dangers of reporting from hostile and...
Tiny group of Australian islanders fight to save a 10-language...
There are 400 islanders who talk, work and live in the Arnemland archipelagoes in northern...
Coalition wins St Kitts-Nevis election, ends Labor’s 20 years...
The opposition Team Unity coalition formed the government in St Kitts Nevis last month after...
Bangladesh crisis near ‘point of no return’ in effort to...
Fire bombs, trains derailments, street protests – Bangladesh is witnessing a surge in political...
Huge Asia Pacific defence buildup poses worries, but there is...
A huge build-up in defence and military forces in the Asia-Pacific region is taking place where...
Mauritius past prez roughed up, injured by police as he entered...
This is how you encourage a Mauritius past president to enter courtroom for his trial?
Fiji is thinking Canada as it ponders merit of replacing its...
Fiji is pondering the replacement of its national flag, and proponents are citing Canada’s...
Prime newspaper’s advice stings a faltering South African...
A Mail & Guardian editorial offered sage advice to South Africa’s somewhat embattled President...
An awkward, horrific Nigerian choice: former dictator or failed...
Can a former general, Muhammadu Buhar, in his time an oppressive Nigerian dictator, beat out a rich...
South Africa journos mistreated in Soweto riots by police and...
Two journalists were mistreated in separate incidents during a Soweto uprising.
Canberra ponders crunch time in Papua New Guinea
The talk in Canberra is that the priority in Australia's diplomacy for 2015 will be its own...
Commonwealth writers well represented in Africa-wide contest in...
Tunisian blogger and activist Yassine Ayari, who is serving a one-year jail sentence for a Facebook...
Commonwealth Observer News Briefs
From a ruckus in the Kenyan parliament to nationalist pressure in India to Cyprus unification talks...
Observer books
Was flight MH370 shot down by mistake during a US/Thai military exercise?
BG Verghese: “one of India’s most outstanding...
Mr Boobli George Verghese, who died on December 30, at age 87, was one of independent India’s...
A heartless crime in Peshawar
From New Straits Times It is difficult to comprehend what thought, cause or compulsion can drive...
Commonwealth worries helped Idi Amin climb to power in Uganda
London, England Zambia’s former President Kenneth Kaunda has never forgiven himself for...
A Nobel Prize for all deprived children
From New Straits Times THE Nobel Peace Prize this year is for deprived children, everywhere. The...
Haiti’s Duvalier dilemma
From Caribbean Intelligence Even in death, the Duvaliers have managed to shine a light on the deep...