The Council of the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences (FHML) is up for re-election between 17 and 20 May. The FHML Council has...

Renewable energy is no longer a pie in the sky. The past decades have brought about a societal awakening and the realisation that the...

With a voter turnout of 23,120%, last year’s faculty elections seemed to go by unnoticed. This was not only the case for the Faculty of...

The Suez Canal has for over a century been the pathway through Africa, connecting the Mediterranean with the Red Sea, making it the...

The University of Maastricht Student Council, a separate entity to the faculty-specific councils, is approaching re-election time. These...

Content warning: Discusses topics of sexual violence in war. Oh, Magdeburg, the town! Fair maids thy beauty crown, Thy charms fair maids...

It’s late at night and you are a woman walking home. Alone. You have your keys between your fingers (a trick passed down for...

With a long history and various players, Ethiopian politics is to most people an unknown. For many university students, it is not a...

The European Union has evolved its maritime policy in order to regain control over African waters. Already two years ago, in 2019, the...

In the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the European Union declared its proposals for a new long-term EU budget. The framework...

The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, which completed 70 years in 2019, has come a long way from its early vision of providing...

Pan-Africanism and sustainable strategies to provide electricity for all In 2013, the African Union introduced Agenda 2063, its...

My last four years with the Maastricht Diplomat are coming to a close. This will be the last Editor's Letter that I will write here....

As the old saying goes, some would claim that Diamonds are forever. Yet, does that include the accompanying exploitative characteristics...

‘Imagine yourself closed for months in a cage. You can only communicate with others through the cage’s bars and you are not able to free...

Clip 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15az-XaW6Ms&ab_channel=KINO%21GermanyNow%21 A scene from Masel Tov Cocktail (Vimeo) “You got...

The scramble for Africa’s lands, minerals and labour by European nations seeking wealth and glory forever changed the ways in which many...

A while ago I had the privilege to meet with Konrad von Klitzing (City Lead Volt Maastricht). He shared with me his views on politics, wh...

As Maastricht University boasts a reputation as the most international university in the Netherlands, it is interesting to note that...

It is with great solemnity that the Maastricht Diplomat marks the passing of Prince Philip, husband to Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of...