The US and Israel’s attack on Iran has sent the oil and gas markets into chaos. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz, combined ...

Rivers and fish are being poisoned with mercury, forests are felled and land devastated as illegal mining, fuelled in part by ...

As space becomes an increasingly vital arena for war, William J Astore tracks its increased militarization. ‘One point five ...

The deadliest police killings in Rio de Janeiro’s history raise questions about the government’s war on gangs, writes Leonardo Sakamoto.

As Egypt prepares to host the latest UN climate conference, COP27, Hamza Hamouchene and Katie Sandwell call time on ‘business as usual’, which in North Africa means non-solutions that line private ...

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The Venezuelan leader's abduction reflects US drug policy being used against Latin American governments resisting its geopolitical interests, argues Kojo Koram.

Built by formerly enslaved people, Freetown’s historic ‘bod oses’ now face an existential threat as foreign embassies move in. Jody Ray reports. On a humid March morning this year, police officers ...

Secretive and ruthless, the traffickers controlling the kidney trade thrive on the desperation of the poor and the sick. Nancy Scheper-Hughes lays bare the ‘collateral damage’. The slide on the screen ...

An oil boom is reshaping Guyana’s future. Ben Jacob traces the country’s long history of colonial exploitation from Britain’s sugar factory to Exxon’s oil fields. Georgetown, the capital city of ...

Carmen Herrera traces the history of the Sandinista National Liberation Front, from socialist liberators to ‘institutional dictators’, under the increasingly brutal rule of Daniel Ortega A mural of ...