Affairs / Urbanism
Concrete circus
Maputo's turbulent history includes colonial rule, war and regime change. And it's a rich history told in the buildings that line the streets of Mozambique's capital.
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Edits / Architecture
Expo 57: Rebels in hard hats
Maputo's turbulent history includes colonial rule, war and regime change. And it's a rich history told in the buildings that line the streets of Mozambique's capital.
Affairs / Society
Monocolumn
Tuesday 18 September
Maputo’s concrete legacy
In Mozambique, the colonial era feels awfully close. Here, imperial relics are modern. Some, like the hotel I stayed in during my visit for Monocle’s Lusophone issue, were built in the early 1970s.
Affairs / Politics
Monocolumn
Monday 31 October
The gentlemen’s club that is the Commonwealth
It is easy to deride the Commonwealth as an irrelevance and an anachronism, which is doubtless why so many do.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Monocolumn
Sunday 27 February
Maghreb focus: Italy’s interests in Libya
Muammar Gaddafi’s bloody crackdown against protesters challenging his 42-year rule has received sharp rebuke from world leaders.
Affairs / Government
Monocolumn
Thursday 17 February
The reaction to Fijian president’s death
Josefa Iloilo, the former Fijian president whose scrapping of his island nation’s constitution cemented the grip of a 2006 military coup that isolated his country, has died aged 91.
Affairs / Crime
Monocolumn
Saturday 20 February
Easy-to-follow steps to a successful coup
Thursday’s coup in Niger is the fifth successful putsch in Africa since 2008, after a decade in which military takeovers had become less common.
Edits / Sport
Expo 26: In for the high jump
Jealous of the British-inspired Commonwealth Games and the Jeux de la Francophonie for nations of the former French empire, Portugal has created the Jogos da Lusofonia. In a world of soft power, pole vaulters and sprinters…
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
West Africa wants its money back from France, the UAE's "Poetry Idol" and Japan's aid to Africa.
Edits / Urbanism
Expo 59: Saving grace
As Burma opens up slowly and businesses trickle in, there is a growing movement to preserve the former capital’s architectural heritage.
Affairs / Innovation
Past life
The West Bengali city is at a crossroads. On the one hand Kolkata wants to re-establish the look and feel of its Raj glory days. On the other, it wants to brand itself as a contemporary culture and business gateway open to…
Edits / Food & Drink
Food Briefing
Cambodian pepper, the liveliest flavours from Istanbul and an interview with Marché brand strategist Kundo Koyama.
Affairs / Politics
Diplomacy Briefing
We meet Timor-Leste's man in Australia and bring you more dispatches from the diplomatic world.
Affairs / Diplomacy
Peace station
The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration, aka the Peace Palace, houses a crack team striving to resolve international disputes and bring about world peace. It may sound idealistic, but its services are increasingly in…
Affairs / Politics
Africa/Middle East briefing
This month’s Style Leader is Egypt’s Mohamed Morsi, and our Election Watch column goes to Sierra Leone.
Affairs / Politics
Crossing the line
They might not make headlines, but there are numerous border disputes that could spark a crisis at any time (although we hope Canada and the US would avoid war over their quarrel regarding lobster-rich waters). Monocle…
Affairs / Politics
Defence Briefing
The downfall of Libya’s Colonel Gaddafi in late 2011 had unforeseen consequences: thousands of Tuareg fighters employed by Gaddafi returned to their native Mali, adding considerable steel to a separatist movement in the…
Affairs / Diplomacy
Diplomacy Briefing
Pakistan says thank you with mangoes, Lithuania gets into a sticky spot over street names, and Monocle heads to Hanoi to meet the Palestinian ambassador to Vietnam.
Business / Manufacturing
Toy story
This issue our regular Fairplay series on trade fairs from around the world makes a return. Here we visit the Toys & Games Fair in Hong Kong, the second largest exhibition of its kind in the world, where serious-minded…