At Russia’s inaugural Africa summit, Moscow sells sovereignty At a two-day event featuring 43 African heads of state this week, the Kremlin leaned on its ‘anti-colonial’ past for greater influence in Africa dispatch Evan Gershkovich
Ahead of elections, Poland’s conservative media fires up anti-LGBTQ propaganda Activists say scaremongering about LGBTQ communities has almost become official policy in Poland dispatch Cecilia Butini and Makana Eyre
Disinformation and vaccine hesitancy grips Ukraine Infectious diseases like measles are making a global comeback. Hardest hit is Ukraine, which has seen the fastest recent rise in measles in the world dispatch Lily Hyde
Inside the Donetsk People’s Republic’s sisyphean struggle for international legitimacy Four years after war broke out in Ukraine, the separatists have opened six “embassies.” None of them are recognized dispatch Anna Myronuik
Bullets, threats of rape and disinformation in Italy With the collapse of Italy’s government, the country’s immediate future will be determined by anti-establishment parties whose supporters rally against liberal politicians like Laura Boldrini dispatch Irene Caselli
Memes and satire on Hong Kong’s front lines Away from the current clashes between police and protesters, artists and digital activists are using parodies and humor to protest the crackdown dispatch Antony Dapiran
A new game claims to 'vaccinate' users against disinformation. We tried it out Players can become conspiracy theorists and run their own fake news empire dispatch Kira Taylor Karol Bohacova and Karol Bohacova
Russia’s journalists make rare stand for independent press A rare show of solidarity between pro-Kremlin and independent journalists helped Ivan Golunov stay out of jail feature Eva Hartog
Pro-Orban media moguls who destroyed Hungary’s media now targeting European outlets A buying spree by Orban’s oligarchs across Europe means more far-right news outlets and more danger to EU democracies dispatch Alison Mutler
A hybrid hunt for criminal journalists Coda is republishing Ivan Golunov's story in the wake of his arrest — and subsequent release this week — by Russian authorities as a show of solidarity for his crusading investigative journalism dispatch Ivan Golunov
Political extremes embrace in Kazakhstan A media industry conference in Central Asia gives a platform to Steve Bannon and George Galloway. They use it to find common ground dispatch Matthew Janney
Turkey’s once-venerable news source mired in election controversy Turkey’s state-backed news agency says it’s fighting fake news. Independent journalists says it’s created the problem feature Gülten Sarı
Meet the Czech-Japanese businessman turned anti-EU rightwing political star Tomio Okamura, bullied when young for looking ‘foreign,’ has combined fake news and populism to brand himself the leader of anti-EU Czech nationalism dispatch Filip Brokeš
Singapore fake-news bill raises fears of censorship According to Singapore's draft law ministers get to decide without any judicial review what online content is true or false simply if it offends them. Other countries may do the same feature Kirsten Han
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy triumphs at polls — and beats Russia’s disinformation plot as well Zelenskiy’s electoral victory upends Kremlin propaganda about disunity and anti-Semitism in Ukraine. Will Russia tweak its disinformation playbook to hobble the new leader? feature Mariam Kiparoidze and Margaret Coker
