Contradictions and extremes on an island country ‘invented by colonization’.
Filed in: Mauritius
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Contradictions and extremes on an island country ‘invented by colonization’.
Filed in: Mauritius
Maria Golia considers Egypt’s past, present and future.
Filed in: Egypt
Peru is said to be booming but the poor would never know it. Stephanie Boyd reports.
Zoe Leigh Smith reports on the tiny Caribbean island’s strangling debt burden.
Black pearls, cruise ships and lively politics: Mary Warren gives the lowdown on the South Pacific atolls.
Filed in: Cook Islands
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
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.
Nick Megoran revisits one of the poorest of the former Soviet republics and finds that instability, corruption and ethnic tensions remain.
Filed in: Kyrgyzstan
A small group of islands with a long history
Filed in: Equality Papua New Guinea
A profile of one of the world’s most frequently colonized and loosely assembled nation-states.
Hadani Ditmars finds a battered and divided country where young people strive for a progressive future.
Filed in: Iraq
Anti-Muslim fervour is rife – yet is being ignored by the authorities, says Lewis Garland.
Mari Marcel Thekaekara congratulates the country’s Dalit community on finally winning legal protection against discrimination.
‘The Wicked Witch is dead’ but although he’s celebrating, Alan Hughes urges us to fight on against everything she stood for.
Argument: Is it time to ditch the pursuit of economic growth?
As Mother’s Day approaches in India, Mari Marcel Thekaekara reflects on how motherhood has changed along with the online communication boom.