Columns / Currents

As displacement redraws Beirut’s faultlines, sectarian mistrust is deepening – but new solidarities are taking root. By Paul Hefel-James.

The world's youngest prime minister of Nepal.

Conservation breakthrough; Wee growth; Overdue.

Aid cuts are leaving eastern Congo dangerously exposed as a new Ebola outbreak spreads amid conflict and collapsing health defences. By Amy Hall.

South Africa’s post-apartheid promise is fading as Black migrants become scapegoats for the country’s deepening inequality. By Obiora Ikoku.

Inuit communities across the Arctic are resisting Donald Trump’s plans for Greenland, warning against a new era of colonial control. By Richard Swift.

As US sanctions deepen Cuba’s energy crisis, international activists are attempting to deliver aid and challenge the decades-long blockade. By Maxine Betteridge-Moes.

Liberating love; Good riddance; Second wind.

As Ethiopia seeks debt relief amid economic crisis, private lenders are pursuing legal action for bigger profits. By Tim Jones.

As regional conflict intensifies, many Cypriots fear Britain’s military bases are turning their island into a frontline. By Futura D’Aprile.

As war deepens and internet access becomes a tool of political control, many Iranians are being cut off from both information and each other. By Rebecca Ruth Gould.

As missiles cross Jordanian skies, ordinary life continues beneath the weight of regional war and economic uncertainty. By Yamuna Matheswaran.

For Lebanon’s migrant workers, war compounds a crisis of exploitation, displacement and neglect. By Paul Hefel-James.

Feminist Pharma; Solidarity vindicated; Grounded.

As Ghana courts the green transition with its first lithium mine, farmers in Cape Coast say the promised boom has already delivered dispossession, delay and deepening poverty. Amanda Sperber reports.

From Berlin’s Stasi files to Aleppo’s courtrooms, Syria’s fragile reckoning with decades of repression hinges on rescuing the paper trail before memory – and justice – slips away. Paul Hefel-James reports.

Bolivia’s traditional political class president. By Richard Swift.

From Shëngjin to Gjadër, Italy’s offshore detention centres in Albania revive colonial shadows as Europe pushes its borders – and its responsibilities – ever further from view. Dalia Ismail reports.

With José Antonio Kast poised to govern, Chilean activists warn that promises of order and austerity mask a looming rollback of human, Indigenous and women’s rights hard won since the Pinochet era. Ali Qassim reports.

As Morocco embraces Amazigh identity in law and symbol, mountain communities marking Yennayer say recognition rings hollow without justice for land, language and livelihoods. Peter Yeung reports.