Features

The war in Ukraine has thrown the UN’s weaknesses and contradictions into sharp relief, argues Lily Lynch.

Francesca Albanese has stepped out of the United Nations’ structures to speak directly to the world’s people about the ongoing genocide in Palestine. Bethany Rielly meets her.

Having facilitated Israel’s settler-colonial project, the UN is now helpless to pick up the pieces. By Hamza Yusuf.

In March, a UN conference sought to make progress towards outlawing nuclear weapons for good. But how can it make a difference while the world’s nuclear powers ignore it? Xander Elliards reports from New York.

Components, budget, and the peacekeepers of the United Nations.

Action, and further reading on the United Nations.

The modern failures of the United Nations are not an aberration – but a product of its imperial roots, argues Conrad Landin. So how can we create a functioning system for global co-operation?

Jaclynn Ashly explores how the haunting legacy of Britain’s internment camps has shaped Kenya, and why it’s important to keep the fading memories alive.

A growing movement of Christian feminists are making their voice heard as they oppose threats to tighten the country’s abortion laws. Alice McCool reports from inside their fight.

Successive governments have failed to tackle police brutality, corruption and unlawful detention in Nigeria. Promise Eze hears from those who’ve experienced the sharp end of the country’s legal system.

Action, and further reading on critical minerals.

Ramped-up demand for critical raw materials will cost the earth rather than save the world, concludes Vanessa Baird. And how much do we really need?

There are better ways than digging ourselves deeper into a mining hole.

Corruption, pollution and child labour have long blighted the DRC’s cobalt industry. But is there any way of turning the country’s critical mineral wealth into a blessing rather than a burden? Cat Rainsford investigates.

Oasis of life – or zone of sacrifice? The fate of Chile’s culturally and environmentally rich salt flats may be decided by a lithium rush to double output. Vanessa Baird reports from the Salar de Atacama.

The government of Dina Boluarte is determined to inflict a hated copper mining project on the people of the Peru’s Tambo Valley. Why, asks Vanessa Baird?

Rising demand; Where from?; Big dirty business; Real needs?

What does the term ‘critical’ mean, and where will we find these minerals?

They are touted as our way out of climate chaos and essential for making the things we use, from mobile phones to electric vehicles. Vanessa Baird sets out to investigate critical minerals – and the rush to get them.

Once at the forefront of the 2018 revolution, Sudan’s social movements are now providing vital humanitarian aid throughout a devastating civil war. How have they kept their pro-democracy politics alive and adapted to a changing landscape? Eiad Husham reports.