Big Bad World

Facts, figures and ratings in our latest country profile.

Filed in: Armenia

The independent press has gained strength from the revolution, writes Maria Golia.

Filed in: Egypt

As the world looks back at the events of 11 September 2001 and their influence on the decade that followed, Mark Engler argues that patriotism does not equate to revenge.

Filed in: Mark Engler

Nokia in the dock in a new film by Danish director Frank Poulsen.

Filed in: Film

Arundhati Roy speaks out: on the moral police of India’s anti-corruption campaign, on the silence surrounding civil wars, and on despotism and democracy.

Filed in: Fiction India

Krystian Legierski believes the tide is turning in Poland. He speaks to James Gray about his struggles against a notoriously homophobic and xenophobic administration.

Filed in: Poland

The new album by Norwegian artist Jenny Hval is astonishing - as much about poetry and story-telling as performance, says Louise Gray.

Filed in: Music

‘Unmasking the mystery of how life transforms’ - does Frank Ryan’s book live up to its sub-header?

Filed in: Books

Until the beginning of this year, the West African nation seemed like an island of calm in a troubled region. Then everything changed…

Filed in: Burkina Faso

tChorba by Les Yeux Noirs.

Filed in: Music

Becky Tinsley explains why the genocide in Sudan is allowed to continue.

Filed in: Sudan