Agenda

A portrait of Italy’s satirist politician by Richard Swift.

David Hill reports on the legal move to protect isolated indigenous peoples at risk of ‘extermination’ by the country’s biggest ever hydrocarbons project.

Filed in: Conservation Human Rights Peru

As Ethiopia joins the UN Human Rights Council, Laetitia Bader hopes its own rights abuses will be put under the international spotlight.

Filed in: Ethiopia Human Rights

A divided community weighs up whether to protect aboriginal lands or opt for $1.3 billion in compensation.

Filed in: Australia

As guerrilla army FARC enter formal talks with government, Colombians are optimistic about an end to civil war, reports Jonathan Glennie.

Filed in: Colombia

Tina Burrett fears the 28 October elections will be neither free or fair.

Filed in: Ukraine

Maina Waruru questions the motivations of firms seeking compensation from the British government.

Filed in: Kenya

Magdi el Gizouli offers a low down on the range of groups challenging the regime of President al-Bashir.

Filed in: Activism Sudan

Richard Swift says Canada’s wave of pots-and-pans protests signal the first major rupture with the austerity agenda.

Filed in: Canada Education

Climate campaigner Anna Rose welcomes the new levy on big polluters, saying it will push Oz into a far greener framework.

Filed in: Australia Energy Sustainability

South Korean villagers are campaigning to keep a military base off the pristine Jeju island, reports Chloe Simons.

Filed in: Korea, South Peace Trade Unions