All regions
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A taste of hope
With herders under threat from global heating in Somaliland, the government has hatched a plan to move millions to the coast. But can pastoralists adapt to fishing. Alice Rowsome and Yahye Xanas investigate.
Not toeing the Kremlin’s line
Regional media is holding its own against the ‘official version’ put out by the nationals. Could it be a harbinger for change, asks Tina Burrett.
Introducing...Samia Suluhu Hassan
Richard Swift on East Africa’s first woman president, a Zanzibar-based organizer promising to protect Tanzanian workers and their basic freedoms.
A bloody business
Iris Gonzales reflects on a violent national obsession that has only grown under coronavirus restrictions in the Philippines.
A chance to rebuild?
Thin Lei Win believes the Myanmar military’s reign of terror might be leading a long-divided nation onto a more inclusive path.
Zuma is still clinging to power, citizens are paying the price
South Africa’s recent uprisings have revealed how much of a tinderbox the country is, argues Glen Retief.
No place for children
Not even young lives have been spared by the junta. Maung Moe reports on a day of shame.
The interview: Sayragul Sauytbay
Sayragul Sauytbay on being forced to teach propaganda in a concentration camp for Uyghur people.
Nature’s guardians
Dave Bangs makes the case for universal freedom to roam, and explains why he will be joining a mass trespass of England’s South Downs.
‘The road to freedom lies ahead’
Klas Lundström examines the humanitarian crisis in West Papua as people continue to struggle for self-determination.
Cresting the wave
In Mexico, a new generation of young indigenous women are using art to fight racism and celebrate their native identity. Changiz M Varzi met three of them.
The cost of inaction
Yanghee Lee, a former UN human rights envoy to Myanmar, offers a warning from the past and outlines the practical steps the international community should take.
Fighting the cartel
Myanmar’s generals have amassed fortunes. Aye Min Thant highlights the movements aiming to stop profiteering.
Alternative combat
Louisa Waugh speaks to activists in Israel and Palestine working together in the name of peace.
A state of chaos
Nilanjana Bhowmick on the colossal failure of governance that has led to needless deaths on a massive scale.
Breaking records – for the rich and the hungry
Leonardo Sakamoto on hideous wealth and – and poverty.
When will Chad be free – of France?
France’s involvement in Chad makes a mockery of independence, argues Nanjala Nyabola.
‘Life is at a turning point’: Inside Myanmar’s resistance
Four people on the frontlines of the anti-coup movement in Myanmar tell Preeti Jha why they are not giving up.
Fighting dispossession
Citizens’ groups are resisting gentrification, evictions and housing inequality in urban South Africa in a variety of creative ways. Ben Verghese and Ilham Rawoot report from Cape Town.
No country for her
Women experiencing abuse from their partners need more than a helpline, writes Nilanjana Bhowmick.
Smothered by roads
Nanjala Nyabola mourns the loss of Nairobi's canopy, and questions the expansion of cities.
The pandemic has worsened Brazil’s hunger crisis
A recent study suggests that as many as six in ten Brazilians are struggling to put food on the table, reports Beatriz Miranda.
Courage and terror in Myanmar
Lives and livelihoods have been laid down for democracy. The economy is on the brink of collapse. The world must support the people’s quest to end military rule once and for all, writes Preeti Jha.
Peru’s leftist President-elect is already under attack
Pedro Castillo may have won the election but his leadership is not guaranteed yet. John Crabtree looks at the challenges ahead, including a legal challenge from his rival.
Zambia’s meal-finishers
Audrey Simango reports on the phenomena of young men taking over abandoned meals.
How British aid abandoned the girls of South Sudan
UK funding must urgently be restored to those in desperate need, says educator Rod Hicks.
The storm which Netanyahu unleashed
With mounting corruption charges to his name, Israel’s Prime Minister is benefiting from militarized, brutal distractions in Gaza. Adam Keller writes.
Holding out for a hero
Iris Gonzales reflects on the human cost of the state’s war against its critics.
Would you like answers with your chai?
From his tea stall in rural Uttar Pradesh, Krishna Murari Yadav is supporting people to ask difficult questions of the Indian state, one hot drink at a time. Devyani Nighoskar reports.
Why isn’t the world doing more to help Myanmar?
Since the military coup in Myanmar, the situation continues to worsen. What are the avenues for international intervention and what difference could they really make? Yali Banton-Heath outlines the options.
Lula is back in the game
After a court annulled all the sentences against him, Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is back in the running for the top job, writes Leonardo Sakamoto
Saving the Sundarbans
Nilanjana Bhowmick on the double whammy of natural disaster and Covid-19 that has brought a vulnerable ecosystem to the brink.
Love and other conspiracies
Laxmi Murthy reports on the theory of ‘love jihad’ that is sweeping across India.
Fukushima communities are building a sustainable future
Ten years on from the devastating nuclear disaster, citizens are working together to show that nuclear power and fossil fuels are not the only way. Tina Burrett visits the red zone.
