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Country Profile: Malawi

Richard Carver's insights into a country struggling with poverty, floods and corruption.

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NI 481 - Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? - April, 2015
481 - April, 2015
Main photo: Young people hanging out on the rooftop terrace at La Motoare, one of the most popular bars and meeting places in Bucharest. Clockwise from top right: three generations of Roma women in a small lean-to in Vadu Crişului, in the northwest; a passenger smokes near the international destination board at the bus station in Sibiu, Transylvania; a woman in traditional dress crosses a street in the snow heading to the community centre where a wedding is taking place; a coalminer from Bumbeşti, in western Wallachia.Photos by Petruţ Calinescu / Panos Pictures.

Country profile: Romania

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NI 480 - The great green energy grab - March, 2015
480 - March, 2015

Country profile: Dominican Republic

Tourist impressions of the country can be deeply misleading, says Russell White.

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NI 479 - Democracy in the digital era - January, 2015
479 - January, 2015

Country profile: Chad

Facts, figures and photos from Chad.

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NI 478 - NGOs - Do they help? - December, 2014
478 - December, 2014
Clockwise from top left. A boy releases his racing pigeons from the high walls above the Kurdish city of Diyarbakir; a young shepherd tending his flock near the Iraqi border; a shop on the outskirts of Istanbul selling clothes bearing the logo of ISIS/Islamic State; a passionate moment during the filming of a popular TV drama, with the Bosphorus Bridge illuminated in the background; a demonstrator poses in front of a burning barricade built to stop police reaching Taksim Square during the anti-government demonstrations in Istanbul in 2013.Photos by Guy Martin / Panos Pictures

Country profile: Turkey

Samantha North assesses a country with a volatile mix of cultural, religious and political influences.

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NI 477 - Big oil RIP? - November, 2014
477 - November, 2014

Country profile: Mexico

Facts, figures and photos from Mexico.

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NI 476 - Cuba - October, 2014
476 - October, 2014

Country profile: Mauritania

Facts, figures and photos from Mauritania.

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NI 475 - Gold trouble - September, 2014
475 - September, 2014

Country profile: Rwanda

Country profile of Rwanda.

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NI 474 - Feminism fights back - July, 2014
474 - July, 2014

Country profile: Israel

Facts, figures and images from Israel.

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NI 473 - The politics of language loss - June, 2014
473 - June, 2014

Country Profile: The Philippines

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NI 472 - Organ trafficking - May, 2014
472 - May, 2014
Top: people in a makeshift camp in Chocó province seeking to return to land controlled by paramilitary-linked businesses; a street scene in Silvia, near Popayan, in the south, where there is a higher proportion of indigenous people. Middle: the capital, Bogotá, is famous for its graffiti; but the smog-bound vista on the right shows its high-rise centre and how it sprawls. Bottom: tourism potential on the Caribbean coast; a quiet moment in Chocó province; ‘safe journey’ is the message from the army, which has made the roads secure but at a cost to human rights.All photos by Jonathan Glennie.

Country Profile: Colombia

The facts, figures, flag and photos from Colombia.

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NI 471 - The war on whistleblowers - April, 2014
471 - April, 2014
A traditional teahouse in Isfahan; jeans sellers in Isfahan; a street scene in Jolfa, East Azerbaijan province; women picnicking by the roadside in Shiraz (see main text); selling fish in Kermanshah.Photos (top): Patricia White / Alamy; (bottom left to right): HL Tam; Misha Kally; cordelia_persen; Ensie & Matthias; all under a CC licence.

Country Profile: Iran

The facts, figures and images of Iran.

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NI 470 - Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth - March, 2014
470 - March, 2014
Woman on a bus in the desert city of Mary (dbimages / Alamy). The two outside shots at the bottom are from the Tolkuchka Bazaar in the capital, Ashgabat. Sandwiched between them is the self-glorifying golden statue erected by the former dictator Saparmurat Niyazov.Photos by David Stanley, the last three under a CC Licence.

Country Profile - Turkmenistan

Facts, figures and photos on Turkmenistan.

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NI 469 - Why are we locking up migrants? - January, 2014
469 - January, 2014
Clockwise from top left: Motor bikes are a common way of travelling across the country – this one is in the southwestern rainforest region of Lobaye; the Grand Café is a popular meeting place in Bangui’s centre ville; children taking their lunch plates to school; women run most of the stalls in Bangui’s central market; Ba-aka forest people live in isolated settlements in the rainforest, where they maintain their indigenous beliefs; (centre) a local generator-run cinema in the countryside.Ruby Diamonde

Country Profile: Central African Republic

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NI 468 - Fracking - the gathering storm - December, 2013
468 - December, 2013
Clockwise from top left: Traditional communities have become more organized in recent years – Victor Ara is an elected leader of one in Potosí; this woman carrying the wiphala – a flag of indigenous unity – waits for Evo Morales to speak at a rally in Santa Cruz; at more than 4,000 metres above sea level, El Alto is probably the highest and largest open-air market in the world; musician Adrián Villanueva (right) with a young relative in his La Paz home.Photos: Vanessa Baird

Country Profile: Bolivia

A miner, pick in one hand, rifle in the other, adorns many main squares of Bolivia’s highland mining communities, symbolizing the country’s tradition of radical social movements.

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NI 467 - Time to rethink disability - November, 2013
467 - November, 2013

Country profile: Zimbabwe

‘Welcome to Zimbabwe (Land of contradiction)’

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NI 466 - Where have all the girls gone? - October, 2013
466 - October, 2013
Village schoolchildren heading home for lunch in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.Mischa Kally

Country Profile: China

China is making a great leap forward, but there are winners and losers.

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NI 465 - How the war on pirates became big business - September, 2013
465 - September, 2013

Country Profile: Malawi

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NI 463 - Argentina's challenge - June, 2013
463 - June, 2013
A seller in a traditional market on the island of Sumba prepares oil lamps at her stall as night falls. On the outer islands, electrical power is often unreliable or non-existent. Photo: Josh Estey

Country Profile: Indonesia

Facts, figures and a profile of Indonesia.

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NI 462 - Land grabs - May, 2013
462 - May, 2013
Vacant billboards as a metaphor for economic downturn.Lindsey Collen

Country Profile: Mauritius

Contradictions and extremes on an island country 'invented by colonization'.

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NI 461 - Demolition job - April, 2013
461 - April, 2013

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title From magazine Publication date
Total control - is Monsanto unstoppable? April, 2015
The great green energy grab March, 2015
Democracy in the digital era January, 2015
NGOs - Do they help? December, 2014
Big oil RIP? November, 2014
Cuba October, 2014
Gold trouble September, 2014
Feminism fights back July, 2014
The politics of language loss June, 2014
Organ trafficking May, 2014
The war on whistleblowers April, 2014
Commodities - the pitfalls of resource wealth March, 2014
Why are we locking up migrants? January, 2014
Fracking - the gathering storm December, 2013
Time to rethink disability November, 2013
Where have all the girls gone? October, 2013
How the war on pirates became big business September, 2013
Argentina's challenge June, 2013
Land grabs May, 2013
Demolition job April, 2013
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