麻豆社

Pascale Harter introduces analysis, reflections and reportage from correspondents around the world.

Voters in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been waiting for their chance to pick the next President since the poll was postponed - back in 2016. As the political stalemate over Joseph Kabila's future continues, William Edmundson explains how it's suffocating ordinary people's hopes for the future.

Katty Kay reflects on the limits to what the #metoo movement, denouncing sexual aggression and harassment, can achieve. In the USA, a number of glittering careers have been ended by accusations of abuse - but are we ready to extend the debate to private as well as public behaviour?

Islands can often spark diplomatic disputes over sovereignty. Think of the confrontations over Perejil, Taiwan or the Spratlys - but Chris Bockman visits one with an unusual solution to territorial claims: it simply rotates control every six months, between France and Spain.

And Natalia Golysheva makes a long, long journey to visit a religious community known for its humility and reserve. The "Old Believer" sect split from the Russian Orthodox Church over liturgy and theology, and has weathered centuries of state persecution. Many emigrated to keep their faith alive - but now they've been invited back to Russia's far east. How are they faring there?

Photo: Boys play around a broken building in October 2017 in Kasala, in the restive region of Kasai, central Democratic Republic of Congo. (JOHN WESSELS/AFP/Getty Images)