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M23 soldiers stand outside a stadium in Goma, eastern DRC, for a public gathering on 6 February 2025. Alexis Huguet/AFP via Getty Images

February 15, 2025

M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict

Kristof Titeca, University of Antwerp

M23’s advances highlight Rwanda’s role in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the risk of an escalating regionalised conflict.

It isn’t just that city dwellers assume superiority, some Australians living in rural and regional areas also internalise a sense of inferiority. Mangostar/Shutterstock

November 25, 2019

Geographical narcissism: when city folk just assume they’re better

Timothy Baker, Deakin University and Kristy Hess, Deakin University

Big cities are seen as the centre of everything, which creates an attitude that often devalues the work and skills of rural professionals. And sometimes even they subconsciously buy into this.

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in China in April. His country has been shaken by a coup attempt in its Amhara region. EPA-EFE/Alexei NikolskySputnik/Kremlin Pool

June 25, 2019

Explainer: why Ethiopia’s federal system is deeply flawed

Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College

Ethiopia’s regional governance system is doing more harm than good.

The NBN is on the path to being privatised after construction finishes. AAP

July 22, 2018

What should be done with the NBN in the long run?

Mark A Gregory, RMIT University

The NBN is on track to be privatised after the infrastructure is completed, but there are a number of other options that would retain the benefits of its disruption of the telecommunications market.

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