Columns / Currents

European vessels fishing in Western Sahara’s rich waters are in violation of international law, according to the European Parliament’s own legal service.

Ugandans fight repressive anti-homosexuality bill

Public campaign prevents release of GM eggplant

Cluster munitions – long condemned by human rights groups for the devastating impact they have on civilians caught up in conflict – will be banned in most countries as of 1 August.

Resistance continues despite US recognition of post-coup regime

The ugly side of microfinance

Africa’s great biofuel land grab continues

President Correa sends shockwaves around the world

Rome is bucking the school dinner trend, providing its students with wholesome, organic fare.

Cairo’s ‘garbage people’ are improving their standard of living

Brazil has no specific law to deal with internet content.

The struggle to eradicate landmines continues

The Nestlé fair trade Kit Kat dilemma.

Transatlantic student boycott forces clothing company to reopen factory

India's brutal treatment of Kashmiri youths is fuelling conflict

Maasai evicted so foreigners might play

Weather patterns across the West African country have become increasingly hard to predict as a result of climate change.

Palestinian proverb reflects bitter truth for olive farmers

President Obama has carried out more drone attacks than George W Bush.

Victims of ‘India’s Hiroshima’ still seek justice