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Cut and run
Transnational oil companies are looking to leave the Niger Delta without cleaning up their mess. Ken Henshaw reports.
The war in Ukraine has hit Africa’s food security
Russia’s invasion has triggered cost rises and staple shortages. Ugochi Anyaka-Oluigbo examines the crisis faced by low-income countries.
Country profile: Nigeria
Almost half of Nigerians want to move abroad in the next five years, Nosmot Gbadamosi writes, and the country’s population is expected to surpass that of the US by 2050.
Introducing...Yoon Suk-yeol
Richard Swift on the right-wing libertarian and former public prosecutor hoping to ‘teach some manners’ to its North Korean neighbour.
Kharkiv’s patchwork resistance
Without networks of civic activism, the war might be going very differently for Ukraine, writes Jen Stout.
Switzerland wants to deport a boy with half a heart
Danieli is trying to access life-saving surgery – but his family could be forced to leave before he is able to get it. An outrageous situation, says Amy Aves Challenger.
Country profile: Belarus
Alexey Sakhnin considers the country that made international headlines for massive anti-government protests in 2020 and from which Russia launched its recent invasion of Ukraine.
The dragon and the bear on the roof of the world
Cash-strapped but strategically important, Tajikistan is undergoing rapid change with its future increasingly being shaped by a power play between China and Russia. Klas Lundström reports.
‘As long as the world keeps running, we’ll be here’
Branded as terrorists by President Erdoğan’s hardline regime, LGBTQI+ people in Turkey are finding ways to express themselves and build solidarity, writes Tuğçe Özbiçer.
Spotlight: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Novelist Silvia Moreno-Garcia pushes back against the stereotypes associated with Latin American culture. By Graeme Green.
Letter from Buenos Aires: the big blackout
Being forced to go without electricity sparks thoughts about living differently for Virginia Tognola.
Feel the fear and carry on
In Iraq a growing number of women are now doing the dangerous work of removing landmines – previously a male preserve. Adrian Margaret Brune reports.
Abandoned: Abolition in education
England’s schools funnel its most marginalized young people towards the criminal justice system, writes Zahra Bei. But educators and young people are reimagining what’s possible.
Bring on the marriage strike
Some Indian men are threatening a marriage strike for a most dubious reason. Nilanjana Bhowmick tells them to bring it on.
Inside the ‘arsenal of peace’
As volunteers prepare aid for Ukrainian refugees, Simone Lai reports from Italy’s largest arms factory – which still works 24-hours a day, but for social justice.
The volunteers shouldering Ukraine’s humanitarian response
Mutual aid networks in Ukraine have stepped up to support those in need across the country, writes Tina Burrett.
Stolen treasures
Taken during a violent British raid, the Benin bronzes have sat in Western museums and private collections for over a century. Kieron Monks reports on Nigeria’s battle to get them back and what it means for the wider push to return works robbed from Africa.
‘Why are you killing us?’
Is the war in Ukraine reaching a stalemate and is Russia showing signs of taking a step back? Having recently returned from the country, Francesca Ebel explores how Russia’s invasion has progressed over the past few weeks.
Defiance in Kyiv
As lives are turned upside down by war, Bennett Murray reports from Kyiv on the defiant mood in the Ukrainian capital.
‘Our culture is vanishing’
In the Amazon rainforest, remote communities descended from enslaved African people, are taking on the palm oil production that threatens their land. Miguel Pinheiro reports.
Could the Left take power in Colombia?
With the South American country closer than ever to electing a leftwing government, Nick MacWilliam explores what it could mean for peace and human rights.
Scottish ship workers stand defiant
A recent wave of mass redundancies from P&O ferries has triggered outrage. Conrad Landin reports from Cairnryan, Scotland, where the movement to restore jobs is gaining momentum.
Country profile: Jamaica
First came the Spanish, then the British, and then the austerity measures of the IMF. Christina Ivey on the Caribbean nation caught in a post-colonial predicament.
New year, fearful past
At Persian New Year, Sahar Fahimi speaks to Afghans about the humanitarian crisis tearing through their country.
Must we ration compassion?
Europe’s response to accommodate people fleeing Ukraine illustrates how sanctuary for all refugees is possible. Jun Pang and Nadia Hasan write.
‘We will oppose it until the end of our lives’
Shadrack Omuka reports from Kenya’s Arabuko Sokoke forest on the threat posed to East Africa’s largest coastal forest from titanium mining.
Who will protect the land?
Hazel Sheffield explores how the history of failed land reform in Colombia threatens both people and planet.
Antoinette Nikolova: ‘It is a scary time for us journalists.’
The Bulgarian journalist is director of the Balkan Free Media Initiative, created in April 2021 to monitor and campaign for the protection of media freedoms in southeastern Europe. She speaks to Jan Westad about the growing political distortion of the media and the influence of authoritarianism in the Balkans.
Reversing Pinochet’s legacy will be an uphill battle
Carole Concha Bell on Chile’s unfinished revolution.
Cartoon history: Asma Jahangir
ILYA sketches the uplifting life-story of an inspirational legal defender of the rights of women and religious minorities in Pakistan.
Ukraine, the peace movement and the rush to pick sides
Richard Swift explores why the Cold War's old certainties can no longer hold.
Russians say: ‘Stop the war!’
Tina Burrett speaks to the people taking to the streets of Russia to protest the invasion of Ukraine.
‘We don’t know what will happen tomorrow’
Caught in the chaos of war, Paul Krantz speaks to young climate activists in Ukraine whose message is clear: modern wars are fossil fuel wars.
