After a decade away from the recording studio, Senegalese music legend Cheikh Lô has returned with a masterwork. His new album, Maame, released by World Circuit Records, is more than a collection of songs, it is a profound statement of resilience, spirituality and Pan-African vision. Cheikh Lô’s last studio album, Balbalou (2015), brought him international acclaim and the historic distinction …

A new study by the Robert Bosch Stiftung, Vielfaltsbarometer 2025 (Diversity Barometer 2025), has raised concerns about the state of social cohesion in Germany. The representative survey of 4,761 people reveals that acceptance of diversity in German society has fallen significantly over the past six years. In 2019, almost two-thirds of the population expressed a positive view of diversity. Today, …

Greece has passed a controversial new migration law that imposes harsher penalties on rejected asylum-seekers and tightens government control over migration-related NGOs, drawing widespread criticisms from civil society and human rights groups. Under the new legislation, individuals whose asylum applications are rejected must leave Greece within 14 days. Failure to comply can result in prison sentences of two to five …