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The vice-president of the US, Kamala Harris. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Gaza and the US elections: Harris is a flawed but better alternative to Trump

Ultimately, a vote for Harris is a vote against the extremism and corruption of Trump, but it is not necessarily a vote for a more just or ethical foreign policy

Abortion rights activists march during a pro-choice protest following the overturn of Roe v. Wade in Washington, DC on October 8, 2022. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

In the US, 2022 was a year of right-wing attacks. What lies ahead?

It’s a rocky road to a functional democratic future for the United States, but fighting injustice is a long-term task

Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns

What African feminist movements are up against in 2023

Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Abortion rights activists react after the Indiana Senate votes to ban abortion, inside the Indiana State house during a special session in Indianapolis. The legislature held a special session to ban abortion rights in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade in June. Holcomb signed the bill into law. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

WATCH: Could new abortion rules in the US affect the world’s biggest state HIV fund?

The US government has appointed the first African head of its Aids fund, Pepfar. John Nkengasong, a Cameroonian virologist

Democracy under serious and sustained attack from within the US

Far-right Republicans and the conservative supreme court are working on a carefully laid plan to turn the US into a repressive regime

Seeing ‘red’: People attend a vigil in front of the US supreme court. (Brandon Bell/AFP)

Is the US supreme court bent on doing harm?

Two recent rulings by America’s apex court are profoundly troubling

NEW YORK, USA – JUNE 29: Abortion rights activists protest outside a Federalist Society event featuring former Attorney General William P. Barr at the University Club on June 29, 2022 in New York, NY, United States. (Photo by Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Banning abortion criminalises femininity as it does race and poverty

Unpacking the reversal of Roe v Wade and the ruling in Dobbs v Jackson reveals a pushback against gains made by women

Emboldened by the overturning of Roe v Wade, Western conservative movements are dialling up their Africa campaigns

No good will come of overturning Roe v Wade

The US supreme court’s ruling on landmark abortion case will be felt most keenly by women