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Yemen is not starving, Yemen is being starved
While the UN calls for international aid to avert famine in Yemen, the UK slashes its contribution. Sam Perlo-Freeman explains what’s at stake for ordinary Yemenis.
Why the coup is bad news for Myanmar’s ethnic minorities
Despite significant ongoing problems, life has changed for many minority communities since the military last ruled. Now those gains risk being lost, says Tina Burrett.
Forest defenders under fire in Cambodia
Authorities in charge of protecting the massive Prey Lang forest in Northern Cambodia are intent on harassing environmental activists rather than nabbing illegal loggers. Mary Menton and Justine Taylor report.
Myanmar’s internet shutdown
The recent post-coup wave of internet shutdowns and disruptions is an unsettling escalation of a global problem, writes Michael Caster.
View from Brazil
While Argentina wins abortion rights, in Brazil even a pregnant 10-year-old is threatened and coerced to give birth, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.
Country Profile: Argentina
Massive foreign debts and an impoverished population are intensifying age-old conflicts over natural resources in this multicultural nation, writes Amy Booth.
Finntopia
Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen explain how Finland has come to be so equal, peaceful and happy – and sketch out the lessons we might learn from its example.
Why are Indian farmers angry?
With the government trying out a variety of ploys to derail the mass movement, Indian farmers are determined to resist until their demands are met. Tarun Gidwani explains why they have been forced to act.
Cartoon history: Otto René Castillo
ILYA sets ‘Apolitical Intellectuals’ to a modern tune, as he remembers the life of the Guatemalan revolutionary poet.
Could a Biden presidency end America’s ‘forever wars’?
Joe Biden is unlikely to scupper corporate-military interests of his own accord. It will take pressure from the grassroots, argues Andrew Smith.
Country profile: Namibia
Last profiled in 1991, Namibia’s now younger electorate is calling for jobs and land justice amid a Covid-19-induced recession.
The search for Syria’s missing
The families of the disappeared are not giving up their search until they have answers. Jan-Peter Westad reports.
Displaced by a riot
Since 2018, a remarkable uptick in communal violence has taken shape in India. Dilnaz Boga speaks to survivors of ethnic violence in the 1990s, who explain their fears for where the country is headed.
‘Let them own their country’
Liam Taylor on the popstar politician taking on a ‘horrifying’ election battle in Uganda.
Explosive mix
As big international players eye up Mozambique’s natural gas reserves, a storm of conflict brews for local communities. Sophie Neiman investigates.
‘You’ve done nothing!’
Stephanie Boyd reports from the Peruvian Amazon on the fight to get adequate healthcare that respects indigenous tradition.
Introducing...Luis Arce Catacora
After months of unconstitutional rule since Jeanine Áñez’s military-backed coup, Richard Swift gives a rundown of the low-profile socialist recently elected to Bolivia’s highest office.
The assault on journalists is an assault on democracy
Chin’ono’s crime was using Twitter to criticize Zimbabwe’s government, writes Nanjala Nyabola.
Adding pain to the pandemic
Nilanjana Bhowmick on the recent legislation steamrolled through parliament that has disadvantaged working people and gripped India’s farmers in protest.
Letter from Johannesburg
Yewande Omotoso ponders how belonging to a city goes beyond the bald fact of living in it.
Uyghur poet Abduweli Ayup: ‘I had no choice but to flee’
Uyghur poet and teacher Abduweli Ayup talks to Jan-Peter Westad about language, cultural survival and the unspeakable.
UK’s military spending boost will make the world more dangerous
Boris Johnson announces billions for the defence industry, peanuts for climate action and nothing to tackle child poverty, writes Andrew Smith.
With Trump’s defeat, Bolsonaro loses his imaginary friend
Bolsonaro’s desperate pledges to Trumpism have not paid off, argues Leonardo Sakamoto.
A ‘coup’ in Peru
John Crabtree reports on the shock ousting of ‘anti-corruption’ president Martín Vizcarra.
US election: what does it mean for democracy?
Let’s enjoy Trump’s defeat, writes Vanessa Baird. But with realism and greater ambition.
Mothers of the revolution
Lucy Provan and Alice Rowsome meet the women who helped bring down Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, and discover a movement for change in full swing.
‘My best jokes come from moments that have angered me’
US-Palestinian comedian Maysoon Zayid talks to Subi Shah about acting, politics, race and breaking out as a disabled performer.
Letter from Johannesburg
Green medicine: Yewande Omotoso’s apartment is slowly being taken over by plants, much to her delight.
Chile’s social uprising: One year on
Carole Concha Bell speaks to defiant protesters who have been met with violence and intimidation ahead of Chile’s historic plebiscite to overturn Pincohet’s constitution.
View from Africa
Abandoned by the state, self-organized health workers in Kenya are absorbing the brunt of the pandemic, writes Nanjala Nyabola.
Doctors priced out
Joylean M Baro on how Zimbabwean doctors on the frontlines of Covid-19 care have been priced out of treatment.
