Hargeisa, Somaliland - Outside his two bedroom house made of tin in the heart of Hargeisa, capital of the breakaway Somaliland region, Kosar Dhool cuts an exhausted figure burdened with events far heavier than his slim frame can bear. The father of five has been receiving phone calls from his son...

Myanmar’s parliament has adopted the country’s first laws enshrining media freedom since reformist President Thein Sein’s quasi-civilian administration came to power in 2011 following decades of military rule. But the government continues to retain the power to withhold or revoke publishing licen...