View from India

View from India

Nilanjana Bhowmick on the double whammy of natural disaster and Covid-19 that has brought a vulnerable ecosystem to the brink.

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NI 530 - Democracy on the edge - March, 2021
Fifi, with her daughter Mia, bemoans the slow pace of reconstruction.Photo: Tamzin Forster

Barbudans are resisting disaster capitalists

Ever since Hurricane Irma struck in September 2017, residents of Barbuda have been trying to defend themselves against those who would cash in on their misfortune. Gemma Sou hears what they have to say.

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NI 523 - Borders - Freedom to move, for everyone - January, 2020
Post-Hurricane Maria, it’s a long, slow road to recovery for small-island states of the eastern Caribbean.Photo: Communications team of Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit. Public Domain.

Gone with the wind

Hurricane Maria swept through Dominica, destroying 62 per cent of all dwellings and killing 57, Richard Swift reports.

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NI 509 - What's left for the young? - January, 2018
Anti-gentrification saint

Anti-gentrification saint

Two artists have invented a saint to protect residents from gentrification. Yohann Koshy reports.

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NI 508 - Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent - December, 2017
Grief and guilt post-mudslide

Grief and guilt post-mudslide

In August hundreds died in a landslide in Sierra Leone. Dumbuya Mustapha reports on the arguing over who was responsible that has followed – and the efforts to hold the government responsible to ensure the tragedy is not repeated.

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NI 507 - Humans vs robots - November, 2017
We are going backwards, COP21 is the opposite of progress

We are going backwards, COP21 is the opposite of progress

Naomi Klein speaks with Frank Barat about the limits of the Paris climate talks.

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NI 21 - Paris Climate Talks - COP21 - December, 2015
Wolves and boars galore

Wolves and boars galore

Wild animals are benefiting from the absence of humans in the Chernobyl exclusion zone, writes Hazel Healy.

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NI 488 - 10 economic myths - December, 2015
Elusive justice after Bhopal

Elusive justice after Bhopal

Thirty years after the disaster, the campaign for justice continues.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
Tents beyond tents

Tents beyond tents

A cartoon introduction to life in the camps in and around Port-au-Prince.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
A street vendor in Port-au-
Prince. 
Most Haitians
are still waiting for
reconstruction 
to begin.Julio Etchart/Panos

Haiti: where did all the money go?

More than $10 billion was raised worldwide for Haiti after the earthquake. But, two years on, what have NGOs done with the cash? Nick Harvey investigates.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
Haiti two years on: beyond relief, beyond belief

Haiti two years on: beyond relief, beyond belief

Haiti is not just recovering from the
earthquake but from the political and
economic interventions of recent decades, as
Phillip Wearne explains.

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NI 449 - Haiti two years on - January, 2012
Too little, too late? Children walk past an African Union Mission soldier from Uganda at a food distribution centre in Mogadishu.Ho New / Reuters

Who is to blame for the Somali famine?

Is it the US government? Is it Al Shabab? Is it the UN? Sally Healy argues it is the result of a collective failure.

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NI 446 - Nature's defenders - October, 2011
The 2010 floods devastated parts of Northwest Frontier.Adrees Latif / Reuters

After the floods... A North Frontier village makes a comeback

Merryl Wyn Davies visits a remote village in Northwest Frontier to find out how it is recovering from last year’s devastating floods.

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NI 445 - Pakistan - daring to hope - September, 2011
Helping themselves and each other: Orissan women meet in an open forum.Photo: Marianne Lemvig, DanChurchAid

Cyclone survival

Women in Orissa, India, have ways of dealing with calamity

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NI 413 - Viva Yasuní! Life vs Big Oil - July, 2008

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Democracy on the edge March, 2021
Borders - Freedom to move, for everyone January, 2020
What's left for the young? January, 2018
Clampdown! Criminalizing dissent December, 2017
Humans vs robots November, 2017
Paris Climate Talks - COP21 December, 2015
10 economic myths December, 2015
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Haiti two years on January, 2012
Nature's defenders October, 2011
Pakistan - daring to hope September, 2011
Viva Yasuní! Life vs Big Oil July, 2008
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