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How Haiti became the 'poster child' for reparations
As Haiti once again makes global news headlines for all the wrong reasons, we sat down with independent journalist Harold Isaac to better understand how the country’s complex history contributed to today's crisis.
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Choking season in India
With millions killed by air pollution every year, meaningful action is long overdue, argues Nilanjana Bhowmick.
Spotlight: Evelyn Hollow
Parapsychologist Evelyn Hollow talks to Conrad Landin about debunking the ‘lunar lunacy effect’, ghosts and the power of belief.
In Africa, nude protest lives on
Young people in Uganda are using traditional nude protest to fight their generation's battles, writes Rosebell Kagumire.
Attacks on UNRWA are a direct assault on Palestinian identity
Jamil Sawalmeh calls for international action against Israel’s latest move to dissolve UNRWA.
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Issue 552
Disinformation
From the Zinoviev letter in the 1920s to the growing disinformation-for-hire industry in the Philippines, this issue's Big Story explores what we mean by the information ecosystem and, more importantly, what can be done to protect its integrity.
Elsewhere, Sophie Neiman reports from inside the embattled DRC, and Huw Paige examines how rising geopolitical tensions in Antarctica could mean a return to co-operative governance.
The long read
Women's agency in the DRC war
Sophie Neiman reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo to shine a light on the neglected stories of women bearing the brunt of war.
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Sierra Leone's vanishing history
Built by formerly enslaved people, Freetown’s historic ‘bod oses’ now face an existential threat as foreign embassies move in. Jody Ray reports.
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