The collapse of Yugoslavia in the 1990s is most often remembered through the violence it produced. Less remembered is the resistance to that violence — the draft resisters, deserters, mutinous reservists, and anti-war activists in Serbia who refused to participate in a war that served no interest but that of the ruling class. Historian Aleksandar Nikolić reconstructs the mobilisation crisis of 1991 and the forms of organised opposition that arose in response to it. The picture that emerges (…)

Fears of resurgence of HIV/Aids amid loss of access to PrEP drugs as at least 40 people arrested in ‘toxic' climate
Niger's military leader, Gen Abdourahamane Tiani, who seized power in 2023. Photograph: AP
A “witch-hunt” is under way in Niger, where dozens of people have been arrested for homosexuality in the west African state following the introduction of a new penal code earlier this year.
Up to 40 people have been arrested and 16 men, including high-ranking military officials, (…)

Les catastrophes naturelles ont cette fâcheuse capacité à révéler la dure réalité d'une situation. Elles ne provoquent pas de crises en elles-mêmes ; elles se contentent de faire tomber les façades qui les dissimulent. Les deux séismes majeurs qui ont récemment frappé le Venezuela, dont les épicentres se situaient à Caracas et à La Guaira, ont non seulement fait bouger les plaques tectoniques des Caraïbes et de l'Amérique du Sud, mais ont également complètement bouleversé la normalité (…)