Big Bad World

Black pearls, cruise ships and lively politics: Mary Warren gives the lowdown on the South Pacific atolls.

Filed in: Cook Islands

Indian activist Bunker Roy is bringing electric light to rural villages by training up grandmothers as solar engineers, reports Georgia Hanias.

Filed in: Ageing Energy Sustainability Women

The country’s unequal wealth distribution and rapid population growth have made it one of the poorest in Latin America, writes Anna-Claire Bevan.

Filed in: Democracy Guatemala Human Rights Poverty

The 71-year-old legend of social movement politics in India shows no signs of slowing down, as Richard Swift discovers.

Filed in: Democracy India Nuclear Power Social Change

When the Botswanan football team went on a winning streak, a whole nation was inspired, writes Lauri Kubuitsile.

Filed in: Botswana Sport

Many Americans are in denial about their dependence on social spending, says Mark Engler.

Filed in: Equality United States Wealth

Pakistan is the deadliest country to be a journalist, as Manzoor Ali knows only too well.

Filed in: Media Pakistan Terrorism

Beauty contests are now big business, but have lost their appeal for Lauri Kubuitsile in her latest Letter From Botswana.

Filed in: Botswana Culture Women

Time to take aim at the tyrannical President of Equatorial Guinea in this month’s ‘Worldbeater’.

Filed in: Equatorial Guinea Oil Politics Wealth

One of the greatest Arab poets of our time speaks to Giedre Steikunaite about creativity and consciousness.

Filed in: Culture Democracy Islam Poetry Religion

Mary Namakando digs out facts and ratings on one of Southern Africa’s most politically stable countries and probes President Sata’s grapple with corruption.

Filed in: Democracy Economics Politics Wealth Zambia