Agenda

Richard Swift shines a light on the first woman president of the small mountainous state of Nepal.

Lydia Noon reports the first vegan bakery in Ramallah’s Jalazoun refugee camp, Palestine.

Sharmin Cheema-Kelly offers grave warning about the direction Malaysia is headed.

Richard Swift looks at the how ecological disaster causes a cascade of effects.

Good news stories this month.

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

Felicity Thompson reports on Gambia's state of fear.

Families of missing POWs are still waiting for answers after 44 years, says Jas Uppal.

Cultural resistance comes at a terrible cost, reports Emad Al Sharaa.

Felicity Arbuthnot is not impressed by the appointment of a Saudi Arabian to the Human Rights Council.

Richard Swift on Canada's new prime minister.

Claire Fauset reports on resistance and repression.

Chris Brazier looks back at our December 2010 issue.

The United Nations has to rebuild public trust, says Tom Lawson.

Jonathan Glennie considers the implications of a historical handshake.

Good news stories this month.

Cristiana Moisescu reports on 'cinema in a backpack'.

Rebecca Cooke explains how grandmothers are stepping up.

Onnik Krikorian on a case of unjust imprisonment in Azerbaijan.

Workers in in Central America face an epidemic of a chronic kidney disease, new research reveals.